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1. Her literary career began in 1852. She was good friends with other famous writers such as Oliver Wendall Holmes and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
2. She became an episcopal in later years.
3. Had Winter home in Mandarin, Florida

Back of Yellow sheet (Taken From Book) -- "Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe"  - - (see back of Lyman Beecher 's sheet for her earlier life.

In 1833, Mrs. Stowe became interested in slavery and saw her first slaves.  However she was more interested in Education than slavery at that time.  

In 1834, Her friend dies and as she conforts Professor Stow, they ripen into love and marry a short time later.

In 1836, while Professor is in Europe, she has twin daughters.
In 1837 (summer) Mrs Stowe suffers ill health.
In 1838, her third child is born  - Henry Ellis Stowe.
In 1839, she got a colored girl as a servant.(she was free by the laws of the state of Ohio; but they learned of her master coming from Kentucky to take her back.  They quickly took her ( secretly) into the country several miles and left her with friends -- old John Van Zandt family.
May 1840  - Second son born - Frederick William Stowe
6 Jul 1843 - Her brother Reverend George Beecher died.
A few weeks later - 3rd Daughter was born --named Georgiana may (after her best friend.

Summer 1845 - Harriet is an invalid - Finally sent to Brattleboro, VT - stayed there from May 1846 - March 1847.  Doctor Wesselhoeft's Water-cure treatments.

Spring 1847 - returns to Cincinnati and husband and children.

January 1848 - 6th child born - Samuel Curtis Stowe - Husband's health very bad.
June 1848 -- he went to Brattleboro, VT for water-cure treatment.  He stayed until September 1849.  The were very poor.  A Cholera Epidemic his Cincinnati.  At first it missed them.  9,000 people died of it -- within three miles of her home.  Her husband wanted to return, but she insisted he stay there, as he would be likely to get the disease if he returned.  However, little Charley died of it before he returned.  There were 10,000 cases of small pox about this same time.

6 February 1850, Professor Stowe is home and writing to his mother.  He gives the facts about the illnesses in Cincinnati and the death of his little Charley.  He decided to send Mrs. Stowe and three children to Brunswick, hoping their health would be improved.  He would wait until he found someone to replace him at the Lane Seminary.  April 1850 they went.

12 January 1851 - she writes to husband -- still in Cincinnati.  She is very concerned about the slavery uprising.  about April 1852 -- she wrote to an editor and told him she was a minister's daughter , wife of a minister and had 6 brothers as ministers.  She persuaded him to let her wrtie a serial for his newspaper.  She called it "Uncle Tom's Cabin" or Life Among the Lowly".  It was very successful

       Tje story began in the "National Era" on 5 June 1851.  she intended to run the story about three months and maybe 12 chapters in length.  However, it was so exciting to the public, that soon she had to publish it in book form in America and in England or Europe.  She received mush praise, but she says this about it, "I could not control the story: it wrote itself; "or" I the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?  No, indeed.  The Lord himself wrote it, and I was but the humblest of instruments in his hand.  To Hime alone should be given all the praise."  (When she agreed to have it published in book form, the poverty-stricken woman never dreamed of what rewards would come because of it."  The long weary strugle with proverty, was to be hers no longer; for in seeking to aid the oppressed, she had also aided herself that within four months, from the time her book was published -- it yielded her $10,000 in royalties."

Professor Stowe transferred to Andover, Massachusetts.  In April 1853, Harriet left Brunswick and went to Andover also.  Some were harrassing her about her book, and she was trying to document the things that she had written.  She and husband and bother Charles sailed for Europe.  She wrote ". . .  for they who enslave men cannot themselves remain free."

The Underground Railroad - used to help free slaves - ran through her house.

9 Jul 1857 - her oldest son (Henry Ellis) died - drowned in Connecticut river at college.

Summer 1859 -- Mrs. Stowe made her third and last trip to Europe.  She was always entertained and she was friends with many important people.  She kept writting and she became more and more popular -- here and abroad.

Son - Fred William - was one of the first to place his name on the Muster roll in response the call for volunteers -- during Civil War -- Company A of First Massachusett Volunteers.  He became a Captain, He was wounded in the ear, just missed his brain.  However, her son was never the same again.  She purchased a plantation in Florida, hoping he could run it.  He sailed away and was never heard from again.

Florida (1865-1869)  She buys property in mandarin, on the St John's River.  she is now an Episcopal and asks brother Charles to come and be a minister there.  he comes to Newport, Florida, but wouldn't change religions.  She eventually helps build a church for Episcopals in Mandarin and sees a good pastor there.  mandarin was their winter home.  she also had a home in Hartford, CT