January 5, 1843

Springfield, Illinois
After Judge Nathaniel Pope discharged him from his arrest, Joseph Smith prophesied to him that Nauvoo, Illinois, would become a great city.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 5:223–32
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