July 16, 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith rode out to the prairie with his clerk William Clayton, hoed some potatoes, and dined with Cornelius P. Lott, who maintained Joseph Smith's farm.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 5:66
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