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Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated March 6, 1879, is written from Henry Ward Beecher, an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial, to Gabriel Gale lamenting that the "whole world has become a whispering gallery" and how reporters routinely share things not meant to be shared. The letter is written on Brooklyn, New York stationary. The letter was found tipped into pages 278-279 of volume nine of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

3-6-1879

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1870-1879

Subjects

Correspondence; Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813 – 1887

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 leaf

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V10_1879-03-06_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 10

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Letter, Henry Ward Beecher to Gabriel Gale, March 6, 1879

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