Diary : manuscript, 1837-1839.

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Diary : manuscript, 1837-1839.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612872628

Entries concern abolitionists in St. Louis and Alton, the Alton Observer and the destruction of its press, references to the riot that led to the death of E. P. Lovejoy, personal matters, and other topics.

1 v. (25 leaves) ; 31 cm.

Houghton Library

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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...

Terrell, Adam Thompson.

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Elijah Lovejoy moved his abolitionist newspaper, the Observer, from St. Louis to Alton, Ill. after a pro-slavery mob destroyed his press. The press of the Alton Observer was subsequently destroyed four more times, leading to an armed riot, 7 Nov. 1837, that resulted in Lovejoy's death. From the description of Diary : manuscript, 1837-1839. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612872628 ...