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The
noted abolitionist Reverend Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802-37) is believed
to have owned this press. Originally from Maine, Lovejoy moved to
Alton, Illinois in southern Illinois where he published the Alton
Observer, an anti-slavery newspaper, and helped found the Illinois
Anti-Slavery Society. During the 1830s, pro-slavery supporters attempted to suppress his efforts by throwing several of his presses into the Mississippi River; this one was recovered in the 1850s and used by a newspaper publisher in Iowa. |
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Printing
Press, c. 1830
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