May 5, 1844

Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith addressed a large company of friends at his home on the Saints' course of dealings with the national government.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:356
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters,  Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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