Amon Carter print details

The Extermination of the Latter Day Saints from the State of Missouri in the Fall of 1838.

Object Details

  • Date

    after 1838

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Lithograph with applied watercolor

  • Contributors

    Printed by Henry R. Robinson

    Published by Sam Brannan

  • Dimensions

    10 11/16 x 17 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l.: LITHO O OF H.R. ROBINSON 142 NASSAU S.T N.Y. \ 1. GEN. I CLARKE. GENTLEMEN YOU SHALL HAVE THE HONOR \ OF SHOOTING THE MORMON LEADERS ON MONDAY MORNING\ AT 8 OCLOCK! \ 2. MR. CARY. HAD HIS BRAINS KNOCKED OUT BY THE BUT\ -END OF A MUSKET IN A GENERAL MASSACRE! \ 3. REVD. S. BOGARD. IT IS MY OPINION THEY SHOULD \ ALL BE SHOT! \ GEN. I LUCAS. YOUR VERDICT GENTLMEN IS THAT

    l.c.: PRICE 25 CENTS. \ THE EXTERMINATION OF THE LATER DAY SAINTS FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI IN THE FALL OF 1838. \ BY THE CRUEL ORDERS OF GOVERNOR L W. BOGGS. \ THE MORMONS SHALL BE SHOT TO MORROW MORNING I \ FULLY CONCUR WITH YOU IN YOUR SENTENCE! \ 5. REVD. I. MC. COY. IT IS MY OPINION ALSO THAT THEY SHOULD BE SHOT OR OTHER-WISE DISPOSED OF! \ 6. GEN. I ATCHESON. I AM AGAINST SHOOTING MEN THAT HAVE \ COMMITTED NO CRIME! \ 7. GEN. I GRAHAM I AM DECIDEDLY OPPOSED...(ILLEG.) \ DETERMINATION OF THE COURT MATERIAL! \ GEN.I DONIPHAN. BY GOD YOU HAVE BEEN SENTENCED \ TO BE SHOT BY THE COURT MATERIAL THIS MORNING BUT I'LL BE DAM'D IF I'LL HAVE ANY OF THE HONOR OF IT. I CONSIDER IT \ TO BE COLD BLOODED MURDER AND I BID YOU FAREWELL! \ 9. GEN. I WILSON. YOUR DIE IS CAST. YOUR DOOM IS FIXED. \ YOU ARE SENTENCED TO BE SHOT TOMORROW MORNING ON THE PUBLIC SQUARE IN FAR WEST AT 8 O'CLOCK! \ 10. LYMAN WIGHT. SHOOT AND BE DAM'D

    l.r.: PUBLISHED BY S BRANNAN PROPHET OFFICE NEW YORK \ 11. WM. E. MC CLELLEN I THINK COLN. WE OUGHT NOT TO HAVE LEFT \ THE MORNMONS. I AM SORRY FOR IT, I HATE TO BE CALLED A \TRAITOR! \ 12. COLN. GEO HINKLE. I WOULD RATHER BE CALLED A MORMON \ TRAITOR THAN BE SHOT LIKE A AQUIRREL! \ 13. BREST WORK! \ 14. CITY OF FAR WEST

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1976.8

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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