Elijah P. Lovejoy, Papers, 1804-1891

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Elijah P. Lovejoy, Papers, 1804-1891

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The papers of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, born in 1802 near Albion, Maine, was a preacher, editor, and abolitionist.

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Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University

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Lovejoy, Elijah P. (Elijah Parish), 1802-1837

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Alton, Ill. newspaper editor and abolitionist, he was also an ordained Presbyterian minister and had edited the St. Louis Observer. He left St. Louis after several printing presses had been destroyed by pro-slavery mobs and came to Alton. There too, the pro-slavery faction destroyed his presses. In just such an attempt, a member of the mob shot Lovejoy and he died trying to save his press. From the description of Papers, 1835-1837. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat rec...