January 18, 1843

Nauvoo, Illinois
On their sixteenth wedding anniversary, Joseph Smith and Emma hosted at their home some 74 guests at an all-day gala dinner and celebrated his recent court victory in Springfield.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
Winter Quarters

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