October 15, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois
From the speaker's stand east of the Nauvoo Temple, Joseph Smith preached about the Constitution of the United States, the Bible, and Nauvoo’s economy.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:56-59
"Joseph Smith, the Constitution, and Individual Liberties" J. Keith Melville, BYU Studies 28:2
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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