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"Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe"


Beecher, Esther, aunt of H. B. S.
Beecher family, famous reunion of, circular letter to.
Beecher, Frederick, H. B. S.'s half-brother, death of.
Beecher, George, brother of H. B. S., visit to, enters Lane as student
music and tracts, account of journey to Cincinnati, sudden death, H.
B. S. meets at Dayton one of his first converts, his letters
cherished.
Beecher, George, nephew of H. B. S., visit to,
Beecher, Mrs. George, letter from H. B. S. to, describing new home.
Beecher, Harriet E. first; death of, second; (H. B. S.) birth of.
Beecher, Mrs. Harriet Porter, H. B. S.'s stepmother; personal
appearance and character of; pleasant impressions of new home and
children; at Cincinnati.
Beecher, Henry Ward, brother of H. B. S., birth of; anecdote of, after
mother's death; first school; conception of Divine Nature, in
college; H. B. S. attends graduation; editor of Cincinnati "Journal,";
sympathy with anti-slavery movement; at Brooklyn; saves Edmonson's
daughters; H. B. S. visits; views on Reconstruction; George Eliot on
Beecher trial; his character as told by H. B. S.; love for Prof.
Stowe; his youth and life in West; Brooklyn and his anti-slavery
fight; Edmonsons and Plymouth Church; his loyalty and energy; his
religion; popularity and personal magnetism; terrible struggle in the
Beecher trial; bribery of jury, but final triumph; ecclesiastical
trial of; committee of five appointed to bring facts; his ideal purity
and innocence; power at death-beds and funerals; beloved by poor and
oppressed; meets accusations by silence, prayer, and work; his thanks
and speech at Stowe Garden Party; tribute to father, mother, and
sister Harriet; death.


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