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to mother

Discusses his furlough home, his travels to New York to visit with family, and his stop in Brooklyn to hear "Mr. [Henry Ward] Beecher preach." Mentions that over 3,000 people came to hear Mr. Beecher preach. Comments on the importance of church, the...

GLC03523.18.26

to sister Mamie

Mentions his return to the hospital and his trip to New York, including seeing "Mr. Beecher" [Henry Ward Beecher] preach.

GLC03523.18.27

[Henry Ward Beecher]

Verso has pencil notes of previous owner: "t[aken] @ 62-65 = 1878."

GLC05144

to J. M. Rosse

Signed also by J. M. Rosse. Thanks him for his letter. Thinks his idea of an article from his friend on Mugwumpism in the South from a Southern perspective, showing the benefits of political unity of the North with the South, is an excellent idea....

GLC04353.12

Gerrit Smith on religion.

Published by Sinclair Tousey. Includes a letter to Dr. G. B. Cheever (possibly George Barrell Cheever), "Discourse in Peterboro... The Good See: The Bad are Blind," a letter to Henry Ward Beecher on Stonewall Jackson, and a "Funeral Discourse in...

GLC04717.08

to J. Bok

Howard received the Beecher Memorial and read many of the contributions. He accepted the book as thanks for his contribution. He believes Mrs. Holloway's article best captured Beecher in concise and comprehensive terms. He also refuses to write an...

GLC05508.135

to unknown

Whimsical and poetic letter requesting "paper made of the fibre of the reeds that will grow along the Nile... envelope made of a spider's web to be spun next summer..." Mentions meeting the unknown recipient next July in Saratoga.

GLC05603.01.28

Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at its third decade, held in the City of Philadelphia, Dec. 3d and 4th, 1863.

Contain an appendix and a catalogue of anti-slavery publications in America from 1750-1863. Includes writings and/or speeches by William Lloyd Garrison (Anti-slavery Society President), Henry Ward Beecher, Stephen S. Foster, Abby Kelley Foster...

GLC05821

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Lyman Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher.

From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Full length seated portrait of all three. White mount with red border.

GLC06391.32

Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe

GLC06439

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence

Depicts Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence "redeemed in Virginia by Catherine S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn by Henry Ward Beecher..." Full-length standing portrait. Shows Fanny standing with her hands on hips, wearing a day dress, cape and hat...

GLC06445