July 11, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith bought a horse, which he named Jo Duncan after Joseph Duncan, Whig candidate for Illinois governor, who had attacked Mormon charters. Joseph Smith supported Duncan's opponent, Democrat Thomas Ford.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 5:60
Joseph Smith—Seeker after Truth, Prophet of God, John A. Widstoe, p. 366
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