Papers, 1837-1838, 1880.

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Papers, 1837-1838, 1880.

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Proceedings of the Illinois State Anti-Slavery Convention, October 26-28, 1837, part of which met at Hurlbut's house in Upper Alton with Hurlbut as the secretary; letter to Hurlbut from J. M. (or W.) Buchanan of Carlinville, February 16, 1838, urging Hurlbut not to take the advice of Smith or Blackburn about the publication of the Alton Observer; and letter of W. C. Quigley, an Alton druggist, to Hurlbut, November 7, 1880, recalling an incident on the night when Elijah Lovejoy was murdered.

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Illinois State Anti-slavery Convention (1837: Alton, Illinois)

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Quigley, W. C., ca. 1819-fl. 1880.

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Buchanan, J. M., fl. 1838.

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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...

Hurlbut, Thaddeus Beman, ca. 1801-fl. 1880.

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Hurlbut, a minister in Upper Alton, Illinois, was active in the antislavery movement and defended Elijah P. Lovejoy and his printing press on the night when Lovejoy was killed. From the description of Papers, 1837-1838, 1880. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 569534197 ...