Henry Ward Beecher papers

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unitid

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{"value"=>"3940", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Henry Ward Beecher papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1851-1896", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1851/1896"}

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physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1851

date_inclusive_end

1896

origination

{"value"=>"Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection include letters, notes and telegrams from Henry Ward Beecher, 1851-1881 to various correspondents; clipped signatures; a holograph manuscript, \"Abide with Us\" (8 p.), and notes (2 p.). Also three letters to him, 1872, 1875 (with Beecher's response), 1878; and two letters by Eunice W. (Mrs. Henry Ward) Beecher, 1896, n.d., concerning her family history and an exchange of photographs. Papers related to the Tilton vs. Beecher trial include letters to Beecher from members of the public expressing support; trial notes, subpoenas, an exhibit list, and trial pass; and original manuscript letters to the Editor of the New York Tribune, 1874-1875, emended for publication, from persons connected with the legal parties or events relating to the trial, among them Catharine E. Beecher. With two signed cartes-de-visite photographs, of Eunice W. Beecher and of Henry Ward Beecher; an engraved portrait of Henry Ward Beecher; and clippings, invitations, and ephemera concerned in some way with Henry Ward Beecher.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"method"=>"Gift of", "source"=>"J. Pierpont Morgan", "date"=>"1899", "accession_number"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Gift of, J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899"}

keydate

1851

prefercite

{"value"=>"Henry Ward Beecher papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. Collection include letters, notes and telegrams from Henry Ward Beecher, 1851-1881 to various correspondents; clipped signatures; a holograph manuscript, \"Abide with Us\" (8 p.), and notes (2 p.). Also three letters to him, 1872, 1875 (with Beecher's response), 1878; and two letters by Eunice W. (Mrs. Henry Ward) Beecher, 1896, n.d., concerning her family history and an exchange of photographs. Papers related to the Tilton vs. Beecher trial include letters to Beecher from members of the public expressing support; trial notes, subpoenas, an exhibit list, and trial pass; and original manuscript letters to the Editor of the New York Tribune, 1874-1875, emended for publication, from persons connected with the legal parties or events relating to the trial, among them Catharine E. Beecher. With two signed cartes-de-visite photographs, of Eunice W. Beecher and of Henry Ward Beecher; an engraved portrait of Henry Ward Beecher; and clippings, invitations, and ephemera concerned in some way with Henry Ward Beecher.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1851

date_end

1896

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