TMsS, [1887].

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TMsS, [1887].

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Long account of the handling of a deluded Southern widow wishing to conduct public readings. JBF tells of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's sympathetic treatment of the woman, and how his extraordinary tolerance won JBF's complete admiration. The incident occurred in 1856; JBF wrote this on Beecher's death.

3 p. ; 27 x 21 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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