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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Autograph letter signed ("H B Stowe") to Mrs. John Crippen, Edinboro [Edinburgh, Scotland], 8 April, [1853, 1856 or 1859].
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STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Autograph letter signed ("H B Stowe") to Mrs. John Crippen, Edinboro [Edinburgh, Scotland], 8 April, [1853, 1856 or 1859].
2 full pages, small 4to.
"MAY YOU BOTH LIVE TO SEE ALL AMERICA A LAND OF FREEDOM"
"I thank you for your most kind notes. God will not be wanting to me in that he has given me friends so faithful & so kind. You will not I am sure forget to pray for me. What this world calls honours, are as yet only to me a matter of endurance - yet the love of many hearts even tho' undeserved is precious...Ida & Maggie sent me some letters from Dingle Bank, a place I must ever remember as home, my first home on English shores. Its flowers will never fade from my remembrance. I am rejoiced that Mr. Crippen's health is better. May God add to him many years & may you both live to see all America a land of freedom. For this let us have your continued prayers...."
Following the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin (serialized 1851-52), Stowe made several extended visits to Britain and Scotland, meeting Queen Victoria and many literary figures, while continuing her abolitionist activities.
2 full pages, small 4to.
"MAY YOU BOTH LIVE TO SEE ALL AMERICA A LAND OF FREEDOM"
"I thank you for your most kind notes. God will not be wanting to me in that he has given me friends so faithful & so kind. You will not I am sure forget to pray for me. What this world calls honours, are as yet only to me a matter of endurance - yet the love of many hearts even tho' undeserved is precious...Ida & Maggie sent me some letters from Dingle Bank, a place I must ever remember as home, my first home on English shores. Its flowers will never fade from my remembrance. I am rejoiced that Mr. Crippen's health is better. May God add to him many years & may you both live to see all America a land of freedom. For this let us have your continued prayers...."
Following the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin (serialized 1851-52), Stowe made several extended visits to Britain and Scotland, meeting Queen Victoria and many literary figures, while continuing her abolitionist activities.