Governor Boggs’s Extermination Order

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Governor Boggs’s Extermination Order was an 1838 executive order by Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs that authorized the expulsion or extermination of Latter-day Saints from the state, marking one of the most severe acts of state-sanctioned persecution against Mormons in U.S. history.

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Mormon–Missouri conflict notableDocument Governor Boggs’s Extermination Order