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Elijah Parish Lovejoy memorial

Identifier: C0270B412_398
Title: Elijah Parish Lovejoy memorial
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.