Beecher, Henry Ward

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Horatio Collins King papers
Journal, 1854 (Box 2, folder 6)
1854-1933

Horatio Collins King was the son of Postmaster General Horatio King and the nephew of Dickinson College President Charles Collins. A graduate of Dickinson College, class of 1858, King was admitted to the bar in 1861 and saw active service in the Civil War from 1862 until 1865. A songwriter, King...

Location: MC 1999.9

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Diaries and Journals, Essays and Dissertations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc1999.09.pdf

Letter from Henry Beecher to Horatio Collins King
Letter from Henry Beecher to Horatio Collins King
July 20, 1875

Abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher writes to Horatio Collins King about King's apparent change of mind on becoming a publisher for Christian Union. Beecher accepts King's decision regretfully after admonishing that "backward" steps can be taken if they lead to "better promise in the future...

Location: I-HartC-1981-1

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879

Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Unknown Recipient
Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Unknown Recipient
January 24, 1893

Harriet Beecher Stowe discusses her feelings about life in her old age, stating "I tell you that life to me now is but an afterglow. My sun has set. The time of work for me is over. I have written all my words, and thought all my thoughts." She also reminisces about her deceased brother, and...

Location: MC 1999.9, B1, F4

Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1880-1899
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