November 8, 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith issued writs and affidavits in order to clear up problems with fraud and irregularity at the Nauvoo Post Office.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 5:184
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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