Memoir of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, who was murdered in defence of the liberty of the press, at Alton, Illinois, November 7, 1837

              MEMOIR 

          

                                       OF THE 

          

          

          

          

          

                              REV. ELIJAH P. LOVEJOY; 

          

                                  WHO WAS MURDERED 

          

                                         IN 

          

          

          

          

                        DEFENCE OF THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, 

          

          

                          AT ALTON, ILLINOIS, NOV. 7,1837. 

          

          

          

          

                           BY JOSEPH C. AND OWEN LOVEJOY. 

          

          

          

          

                              WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 

          

          

                                 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 

          

          

          

          

                                     NEW YORK: 

          

                            PUBLISHED BY JOHN S. TAYLOR, 

                                BRICK CHURCH CHAPEL, 

          

                        Corner of Park Row and Spruce Streel 

          

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