February 29, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith directed Brother William W. Phelps to write a reply to an article printed on January 31 in the Zanesville Gazette on a speech by Cassius M. Clay (a Kentucky abolitionist) about annexing Texas to the United States.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:227
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