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Custodial History

Formerly identified as Mss 94 B39.

Preferred Citation:

Henry Ward Beecher Manuscript, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1994.

Biographical Information:

Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887) was a prominent, theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to late 19th Century. He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the son of evangelist Lyman Beecher. He was the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom's Cabin) and Isabella Beecher Hooker, a suffragist. He also had a brother, Charles Beecher, who was a renowned Congregationalist minister.

Scope and Contents

Manuscript draft, dated October 30, 1864, written by Henry Ward Beecher comparing Abraham Lincoln to Wendell Phillips, being particularly praiseworthy of Phillips. Typescript included.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Letters (correspondence)
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
• Manuscripts (document genre)
• United States--Presidents
• Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century