19th century Congregationalist Clergy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Beecher Newspaper Caricatures Published During the Beecher Trial/Portraits of the Beechers
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0202
Abstract
A selective collection of newspaper
caricatures, cartoons, sketches and portraits of the Beecher family especially related
to the scandalous adultery trial in 1875 involving the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher and
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton. Beecher was the younger brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author
of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” The entire Beecher family was involved in the abolition cause.
The collection contained in this bound volume is an interesting insight into the public
opinion of the era...
Dates:
1853, 1893