Missouri Executive Order 44, also known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/extermination_order" class="extiw" title="w:extermination order">extermination order</a>, issued on October 27, 1838 by Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn_Boggs" class="extiw" title="w:Lilburn Boggs">Lilburn Boggs</a>. The order legitimized the forced removal of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon" class="extiw" title="w:Mormon">Mormons</a> from the state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" class="extiw" title="w:Missouri">Missouri</a>, stating "the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace..."
The origional hand written document is by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn_Boggs" class="extiw" title="w:Lilburn Boggs">Lilburn Boggs</a>
document de 1838-10-27
Digitized photo of original document available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ldsces.org/inst_manuals/chft/chft-16-20.htm">http://www.ldsces.org/inst_manuals/chft/chft-16-20.htm</a>, with the photo itself at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ldsces.org/inst_manuals/chft/images/16-02.gi">http://www.ldsces.org/inst_manuals/chft/images/16-02.gi</a>