From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - LaRue Spiker Collection
Elijah Parish Lovejoy headstone
Black and white photograph of a burial plaque for Elijah Parish Lovejoy. Reads Editor Alton Observer, lists place of birth Albion, ME Nov 8, 1802 , Place of beath Alton, Ill Nov 7, 1837. The Elijah Parish Lovejoy is written in script under the bust. Under that reads A martyr to liberty. Concludes with a quote "I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery and by the blessing of God I will never turn back."
