Saturday, June 25, 2011

June 25, 1976: Extermination Order is rescinded by Missouri Governor Kit Bond

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the rescindment of the Extermination Order. On October 27, 1838, Missouri Governor Boggs put a Mormon Extermination Order into effect. It would take 138 years for that order to be rescinded by Governor Kit Bond. For more information on this event in history, check out these resources...

The Missouri Mormon War, Missouri State Archives

Governor Boggs' Extermination Order, Missouri State Archives

Governor Bond's Rescission Order, Missouri State Archives

Missouri's 1838 Extermination Order and the Mormons' Forced Removal to Illinois by William G. Hartley, Mormon Historic Sites Foundation

Document Containing the Orders, Correspondence, etc. in relation to the Disturbances with the Mormons, Missouri State Archives

Records of the Missouri Mormon War, Missouri State Archives


Sonnet Ireland
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

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