Papers of Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe [manuscript] 1826-1898.

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Papers of Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe [manuscript] 1826-1898.

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Manuscripts include 2 pages from the first draft of "Uncle Tom's cabin," quotations, short poems, the story "What Dr. Hurshack said to Miss Emily," the poem "Only a year," and the essays "Our country neighbors" and "Country neighbors again" Letters, ca. 1828-1889, from Mrs. Stowe show her great interest in religious questions and the abolitionist movement. In one letter she expresses outrage at the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. In another, she outlines the career of Mary Webb, a Negro woman she is assisting. There are many references to the evils of slavery. In later years, from her Florida residence; she preaches forgiveness of the South and a moderate Reconstruction policy. Other topics mentioned include: Joel Parker's libel suit against her, her brother Henry Ward Beecher's opinions on various questions, and the exemplary life of the Duke of Sutherland. Correspondence, 1846-1888, of James Lane Allen, Catherine Esther Beecher, James Parton, Calvin Ellis Stowe and Charles Edward Stowe concerns "Uncle Tom's cabin," equality of education for women, and Mrs. Stowe's article about Lord Byron. The collection also contains engravings and photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Stowe. Miscellaneous items include an autograph of Josiah Henson reputedly the model for Uncle Tom. Correspondents include: the Duke of Argyll the Duchess of Argyll, Richard Bentley, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, James Thomas Field, Sarah Pratt McLean Greene, Edward Everett Hale, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the Duchess of Sutherland.

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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...

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Sutherland, Duchess of, 1806-1868,

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Parker, Joel, 1799-1873

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Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878

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Educator Catharine Esther Beecher, a daughter of Lyman Beecher, was an advocate of education for women and of women teachers. In 1823 she founded the Hartford Female Seminary to educate young women. In 1846, she began a project to send female teachers from the Eastern states to western states and territories, and established training schools for women teachers in several western cities. From the description of Letter, 1847. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 548941345 ...

Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871

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Richard Bentley was a London publisher, first with Colburn and Bentley, later with Bentley and Sons. Bentley published many of England's most popular writers, including Dickens, Thackeray, Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli, and Mrs. Henry Wood. He also published important English editions of American authors such as Poe and Cooper. From the description of Richard Bentley letter to J. LeSouëf, 1833 Nov. 18. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 58802263 ...

Stowe, C. E. (Calvin Ellis), 1802-1886

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Professor of Greek and theology, Calvin Stowe was the husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe. He taught at Dartmouth College, Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bowdoin College, and Andover Thological Seminary. From the description of Letters, 1846-1878 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 548941353 American educationist; husband of H. B. Stowe. From the description of Autograph letter signed (facsimile) : Andover, Mass., to F. Salisbury, ...

Stowe, Charles Edward, 1850-1934

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet and translator. Born on March 6, 1806, Barrett Browning became proficient in Greek, Latin, French, and other European languages. At the age of eleven she wrote a verse "epic" in four books of rhyming couplets, "The Battle of Marathon," which was privately printed in 1820 at her father's expense. She went on to write such works as "An essay on mind," "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and "Aurora Leigh." In September of 1846, she secretly marr...

Argyll, Duchess of, 1824-1878,

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Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, duke of, 1823-1900

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George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll in the peerage of Scotland, and 1st Duke of Argyll in the peerage of the United Kingdom, politician and scientist. From the description of George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll manuscript material : 1 item, 1891 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 80786960 From the guide to the George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll manuscript material : 1 item, 1891, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collectio...

Greene, Sarah Pratt McLean, 1856-1935

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American novelist. From the description of Papers of Sarah Pratt McLean Greene [manuscript], 1885-1896. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811980 From the description of Papers of Sarah Pratt McLean Greene, 1885-1896. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689865 ...

Parton, James, 1822-1891

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English-American writer. From the description of Papers of James Parton [manuscript] 1860-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934391 Author. From the description of Letter of James Parton, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454871 Parton was an American biographer. His The life of Horace Greeley : editor of "The New-York tribune", from his birth to the present time was published in 1872 and his Life of Voltaire was published in 188...

Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

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...

Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower

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Webb, Mary, 1966-

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Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883

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Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925

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