Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk)

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Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk)

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Includes correspondence, 1847-1898, of Beecher and family members including that of his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe; manuscripts and typescripts of sermons and sermon notes; lecture notebook; Beecher's personal scrapbook of published reports of his abolitionist activities and letters to him from the public; scrapbooks of clippings, programs, and ephemera of Beecher's last trip to England, 1886; published trial transcript and scrapbook of clippings concerning accusations against Beecher of adultery with the wife of Theodore Tilton, editor of the INDEPENDENT newspaper. Also includes photographs of Beecher and associates. Material about Beecher and Plymouth Church includes scrapbooks and ephemera of Plymouth Church business and activities under Beecher, including documentation of slave sales and accounts of Beecher by church members and his friends; reviews and correspondence kept by Plymouth Church about his biography written in 1927 by Paxton Hibben. Memorial items include scrapbooks, pamphlets, and news clippings from the time of his death and after. Additional material on Plymouth Church concerns subsequent pastors and church events. Collection also contains Beecher's personal library of books, including those written about him.

43 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6873342

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (b. June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut – d. July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American abolitionist and author. She is the daughter of Rev. Lyman Beecher who preached against slavery. She is best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It became an instant and controversial best-seller, both in the United States and abroad. The novel had a major impact on Northerners' attitudes toward slavery and by the beginning of the Civil War had sold more than a million copi...

Beecher family (Lyman Beecher)

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Prominent New England family noted for its contributions in the fields of education, religion, humanitarianism, and literature. From the description of Beecher-Stowe family Additional papers, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 539585136 African American residents of Hamilton, Ind. From the description of Papers, 1832-1883. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70938688 William Henry Beecher (1802-1889), theolog...

Plymouth Church (New York, N.Y.)

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Tilton, Elizabeth M. Richards, 1834-

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Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...

Hibben, Paxton, 1880-1928

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Tilton, Théodore 1835-1907

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Theodore Tilton (1835-1907) was an American newspaper editor, journalist, poet, and supporter of women's suffrage. He and his wife were parishioners of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Tilton worked as his assistant for eleven years, until 1874, when Tilton sued Beecher for adultery with Mrs. Tilton. The case received widespread public attention. Tilton subsequently moved to Paris where he lived for the rest of his life. From the guide to the Theodore Tilton Correspondence, 1865-1894,...