Historical Newspaper: A Tribute to Lincoln

Robert B. Elliott

Historical Newspaper: A Tribute to Lincoln

02/10/1893

Historical Newspaper

Note: See 3rd column, 3rd paragraph.

Chronicling America features a February 10, 1893 article, writer unknown, from the Arizona Republican newspaper on the future Abraham Lincoln monument to be located in Springfield, Illinois. According to the article, the monument would be "the tribute of the colored people of the United States to their hero-patron, Abraham Lincoln" and displayed during the World's Fair. The article provides the monument's size, material specifications and details about the bronze statues to be placed at its base representing these historical figures: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Sumner, Owen Lovejoy, Wendell Phillips and Robert Brown Elliott.

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Library of Congress - Chronicling America (Arizona Republican, AZ)

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