December 14, 1841

Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith began unpacking and sorting the dry goods for his Red Brick Store on the corner of Granger and Water Streets.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 4:476
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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