Letter to Mrs. Walter Clark, 1880 September 12.

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Letter to Mrs. Walter Clark, 1880 September 12.

Beecher notes that his sisters Harriet and Mary have sheets of the autobiography of their deceased sister Catharine. He remembers Mrs. Gardner from a boyhood trip to Troy, N.Y.

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University of Virginia. Library

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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...

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