FIRST - Martyr of the Free Press In United States.
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BruceS
N 38° 46.774 W 090° 28.938
15S E 718702 N 4295326
Historical marker with reference to Elijah Lovejoy.
Waymark Code: WM3VCF
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2008
Views: 18
Text marker:
Home of
Seth Millington
Built in 1808. Celia Ann French, Dr. Millington's niece married Elijah
Lovejoy, first martyr of the free press in the United States. He was
almost lynched here but escaped to Alton, Ill. Was murdered there in 1837.
One of interesting coincidences of the Lovejoy printing connection is that
the building is now home to a printing business.
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