About October 27, 1838
Jefferson City, Missouri
Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued an extermination order concerning the Saints: "The Mormons must be treated as enemies and must be exterminated or driven from the state."
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 3:175
"Atchison's Letters and the Causes of Mormon Expulsion from Missouri," Richard L. Anderson, BYU Studies 26:3
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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