In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, Madison County Circuit Clerk Mark Von Nida looks over old documents in his office at the Madison County Courthouse in Edwardsville, Ill. Nida recently found court documents relating to Elijah P. Lovejoy that were almost destroyed. Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister and journalist who was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in 1837 while defending his press. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield acquired the historic documents last month. (Scott Cousins/The Telegraph via AP)
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