Elijah Parish Lovejoy memorial

Item

Identifier
C0270B412_398
Description
View of a memorial stone which reads "Elijah Parish Lovejoy (Nov. 9, 1802-Nov. 7, 1837) was a newspaper editor, social reformer, and Presbyterian minister whose death at the hands of an angry mob at Alton, Illinois, made him an enduring symbol of the fight for human liberty and freedom of the press. Born in Albion, Maine, Lovejoy graduated from Waterville (Now Colby) College in 1826. Lovejoy decided to become a minister and returned to the east to study at Princeton Theological Seminary." This photograph was taken as part of filming C-SPAN's Lincoln-Douglas Debates series in Alton, Illinois.
Date
1994-10
Extent
4x6
Subject
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858
Lovejoy, Elijah Parish, 1802-1837
Memorials
Type
Photo
Format
Color
Language
Eng
Physical location
Box 412
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
Rights
Copyright not held by George Mason University Libraries. Restricted to personal, non-commercial use only. For permission to publish, contact Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Item sets
C-SPAN Photographs