Biographical sketch of Logan Uriah Reavis, March 1906.

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Biographical sketch of Logan Uriah Reavis, March 1906.

Short biographical sketch of Reavis tells of his early life circumstances and education, his work as an editor, his love of St. Louis, his opinion of Gladstone, and his spiritual beliefs and doubt re: the divinity of Christ.

9 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7674044

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Illinois born Lawyer, who served as an Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court and later lived in Falls City, Nebraska. He was a cousin of Logan Uriah Reavis who owned a newspaper in Beardstown, Ill. and after moving to St. Louis began a campaign to move the capitol of the United States to that city. He wrote books and lectured on this topic. Traveled to England where he met English Prime Minister Gladstone. From the description of Biographical sketch of Logan Uriah Reavis, Ma...

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