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Collection of two documents related to Harriet Beecher Stowe [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08965 Author/Creator: Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: December 1852 Pagination: 2 items Order a Copy

Two letters regading the controversy that developed after Harret Beecher Stowe cited Joel Parker as a pro-slavery preacher in her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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