(MORMONS) Greene John P Facts Relative to the Expulsion of t

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(MORMONS.) Greene, John P. Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons from the State of Missouri, under the "Exterminating Order." 43 pages. 8vo, original plain blue wrappers (detached); minor foxing. Cincinnati, OH, 1839

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first edition, second issue. In 1838, Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs ordered: "The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State, if necessary." The author John Portineus Greene (a brother-in-law of Brigham Young) was appointed to gather documentary evidence of the ensuing repression, some of which he witnessed personally, and which he published circa July 1839. This second state has a title page with a different setting of type distinguished by omitting "or Latter Day Saints" from the title, and by having the plain blue wrappers rather than printed wrappers. We also note a difference in the signature markings; here page 25 is marked D, while in the first state it is marked C, although they are otherwise clearly the same setting of type. Crawley 55; Flake 3710; Graff 1648; Howes G382 ("aa"); Mormon Fifty #10; Sabin 28606; Streeter sale IV:2270. Provenance: bartered from Cadmus Book Shop of New York to George Mitton, a Greene descendant, 1956; consigned by a family member. Accompanied by a letter from George [Mitton] to his grandmother [Zerviah Greene Smith, a granddaughter of John P. Greene], explaining the circumstances of the acquisition, 6 November 1956. Only three copies of either issue have been traced at auction since 1968; all have passed through Swann.