Harriet Beecher Stowe Writes a Child, Glad She Liked “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Along with the actual book the child had read.
A very uncommon mention of her epochal work, that helped lead to the Civil War
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin which upon its publication in 1852 solidified northern opinion against slavery and contributed substantially to the Civil War. Indeed, upon meeting her, Abraham Lincoln is supposed to have said “So this is...
A very uncommon mention of her epochal work, that helped lead to the Civil War
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin which upon its publication in 1852 solidified northern opinion against slavery and contributed substantially to the Civil War. Indeed, upon meeting her, Abraham Lincoln is supposed to have said “So this is the little lady who started such a great war.”
Autograph Letter Signed, Hartford [Connecticut], May 25, 1894, to “My Dear Young Friend”, regarding her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the most impactful American book ever written. She ends her letter with a warm-hearted discussion of kittens. “I am glad to know that the reading of Uncle Tom’s Cabin has given you so much pleasure. I should like much to see two little yellow kittens. There is nothing prettier or more amusing than kittens. I was always fond of them. I would suggest your naming your little pets Dandelion & Buttercup if you have not already given them names. I once had a yellow cat called Dandelion.”
The letter is tipped onto the front fly leaf of an 1897 edition of Stowe’s magnum opus, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, clearly the one the child had read.
This is the first letter of Stowe to a child we have seen, and an uncommon one mentioning Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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