Letter, Jan. 19, 1838.

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Letter, Jan. 19, 1838.

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Letter to John Batchelder in Newbury, Ohio discusses the murder of Elijah Lovejoy, the situation in Alton, Illinois and the future of the Alton Observer. Also mentions family and friends back in Ohio.

3 p.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Russell, E., fl. 1838.

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Resident of Oquawka, Illinois who came from Ohio. From the description of Letter, Jan. 19, 1838. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54354842 ...

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...

Batchelder, John Franklin, 1824-

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