A Biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher

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BIOGRAPHY

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.

Henry Ward Beecher

A BIOGRAPHY
OF
REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.

Wm. C. Beecher and Rev. Samuel Scoville,

ASSISTED BY

MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER.

New York:

CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY.

1888.

Copyrighted by

CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY,

1888

JENKINS & McCOWAN, PRINTERS,

224, 226 and 228 Centre St, N. Y.

To Our Mother,

WHOSE FAITHFUL LOVE AND PATIENT SELF-DEVOTION COMFORTED

AND STRENGTHENED OUR BELOVED FATHER

DURING TROUBLES, BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED

HIM IN PROSPERITY,

A TRUE COMPANION AND DEVOTED HELPMEET,

WE DEDICATE THIS STORY OF HIS LIFE.

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A BIOGRAPHY OF REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.

A BIOGRAPHY
OF
REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.