September 11, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith appointed William W. Phelps, Henry Miller, and Hosea Stout to try to persuade Illinois Governor Thomas Ford to provide public firearms for the Nauvoo Legion.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:31
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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