**STOLEN** Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy **STOLEN**
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Owner:
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Trezurs*-R-*Fun
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Released:
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Monday, January 9, 2006
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Origin:
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Maine, United States
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Recently Spotted:
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In Forever Wild West
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STOLEN FROM THE 3RD GEOCACHE IT VISITED
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To visit places that Elijah P. Lovejoy visited, lived and worked during his short life. Starting in Albion, Maine representing his birthplace, traveling west to St. Louis, Missouri and ending in Alton, Illinois where Rev. Lovejoy met an untimely end.
STOLEN FROM THE 3RD GEOCACHE IT VISITED
Thanks to the A$$ that stole it. Hope you enjoy it!! Be proud of yourself!
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Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy is a Martyr for the cause of Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press and Civil Rights. Rev. Lovejoy embraced civil rights during a time when slavery was not only accepted but in a time when few people actually took up the cause. Born in Albion, Maine in 1802, educated at Colby College in Waterville, he then moved to St. Louis Missouri where he became an editor of the local newspaper. There he contributed a column that spoke against slavery and for civil rights for all. He then headed to Alton, Illinois thinking this may be the place to start a newspaper and speak out against slavery. When the pro-slavery residents of Alton realized Rev. Lovejoy's intent, they set about destroying the printing press that the Reverend was attempting to set up. This did not deter Rev. Lovejoy as he simply set out to set up another believing that his right to speak out against slavery should not be interrupted by the pro-slavery factions. During one of the raids intent on destroying the printing press, Rev. Lovejoy was shot and died of his wounds in 1837.
This coin is a tribute to a man who history has almost forgotten. The coin will start in a geocache near the Rev. Elijah Parish Lovejoy birthplace and childhood home and hopefully travel cache by cache to the town of his demise. Maybe after the long journey the coin will be returned to Albion, Maine and left in the cellar of his childhood home.
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CedarPointFreak discovered it
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TeamTrunkMonkey discovered it
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What an amazing old coin! It is in great shape, and I discovered it in my home cache. It should be safe here until the next cacher moves it along, as my cache has a padlock, which you have to answer 4 questions about travel bugs to get the combination to get into.
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lilactn placed it in Team Trunk Monkey's XXL Travel Bug Wishing Well
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Tennessee
- 33.61 miles
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lilactn retrieved it from The road to Brown's Stand
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Tennessee
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Will send him on another TN location.
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shan7on placed it in The road to Brown's Stand
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Tennessee
- 206.41 miles
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shan7on grabbed it
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Hello, I was at an event at GeowoodstockX called Swap and Trade Swag. While I was trading coins at a table, a man walked up to the two of us and said, I found this coin on the ground do one of you want it. I thought "yeah!" and took it. Quickly realized it was not a collectible because it had a traveling goal. Logging it as picked up. Since it's been lost for almost 6 years, if you would rather me send it to you instead of launch it back out to another cache, let me know. Glad it found an honest person's hands - as a coin owner who has had a few stolen myself, I know how it feels!
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Northwoods Explorer placed it in Indiana Spirit Quest #322: Georgia
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Indiana
- 1,003.94 miles
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Northwoods Explorer retrieved it from The Office Drawer
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Maine
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We are headed that way in about a month to do some caving with friends. I can drop it off then or place it soon. Let me know what you would like me to do. If I don't hear from you I will place it next weekend. Thanks for the item.
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parmachenee placed it in The Office Drawer
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Maine
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parmachenee retrieved it from Marina Meander
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Maine
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Will try to move him on soon.
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