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A LETTER BY WENDELL 1 ]PHILLIPSOn Lovejoy—Written from AltonApril 14, 1867, the Occasion of His Lecture in this City.On April 13, l?wi7, Wendell Phillips lectured in Alton, in the City Hell, as one of a course under the aurpices of ‘he Ladies Lib.ary Association Af-ter gon g o the site of Lovejoy’s office anc. ih» of the warehouse wherehe was ki led, he went to the city cemetery where Lovejoy was buried. He w rote a letter from this city to the Anti-Slavery Standard, which appeared in that journal April 27. It wascopied into the Teleoraph at a later date. The reprint from the Telegraph Rev. I)r. Jameson placed in his scrap book, to whom we are nowindebted for a copy for publication at this time.Alton. III., April 14, ’«7.Dear Stlt;tnrlar,l:—l lectured here last night, anti today have been visiting the plants made historical and sa-cr*d by the labors and martyrdom of Lovejoy. Hitherto the name of this city brought always out one idea tooiy mind, and I never beard or saw itprinted without an involuntary shudder. A cordial welcome here, and by men who have done good service in this val ey of the Mississippi where the battle was for a time so hot, has broken that spell, and I trust hereaf-ter to think of it a tbe home of brave and truH men.
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Alton Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 18, 1897
Page 8
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Peter B.
IL, USA 19 Jun 2019
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