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[516] Cincinnati, 53, 64, et seq.; visits Cincinnati with father; impressions of city, 54; homesickness, 62; at water cure, 113; a mother to sister Harriet, 509; letters to H. B. S. to, on her religious depression, 37; on religious doubts, 322. Beecher, Charles, brother of H. B. S., 2; in college, 56; goes to Florida, 402; letters from H. B. S., on mother's death, 2-4, 49. Beecher, Edward, Dr., brother of H. B. S., 1; influence over her, 22, 25; indignation against Fugitive Slave Act, 144; efforts to arouse churches, 265; letters from H. B. S. to, on early religious struggles, 36, 37; on her feelings, 39; on views of God, 42, 43, 44, 48; on death of friends and relatives, and the writing of her life by her son Charles, 512. Beecher, Esther, aunt of H. B. S., 53, 56, 57. Beecher family, famous reunion of, 89; circular letter to, 99. Beecher, Frederick, H. B. S.'s half-brother, death of, 13. Beecher, George, brother of H. B. S., 1; visit to, 45; enters Lane as student, 53; music and tracts, 58; account of journey to Cincinnati, 59; sudden death, 108; H. B. S. meets at Dayton one of his first converts, 499; his letters cherished, 508. Beecher, George, nephew of H. B. S., visit to, 498. Beecher, Mrs., George, letter from H. B. S. to, describing new home, 133. Beecher, Harriet E. first; death of, 1; second, (H. B. S.) birth of, 1. Beecher, Mrs., Harriet Porter, H. B. S.'s stepmother, 11; personal appearance and character of, 11, 12; pleasant impressions of new home and children, 12; at Cincinnati, 62. Beecher, Henry Ward, brother of H. B. S., birth of, 1; anecdote of, after mother's death, 2; first school, 8; conception of Divine Nature, 28; in college, 55; H. B. S. attends graduation, 73; editor of Cincinnati “Journal,” 81; sympathy with anti-slavery movement, 84, 85, 87; at Brooklyn, 130; saves Edmonson's daughters, 178; H. B. S. visits, 364; views on Reconstruction, 397; George Eliot on Beecher trial, 472; his character as told by H. B. S., 475; love for Prof. Stowe, 475; his youth and life in West, 476; Brooklyn and his anti-slavery fight, 476; Edmonsons and Plymouth Church, 477; his loyalty and energy, 477; his religion, 477; popularity and personal magnetism, 478; terrible struggle in the Beecher trial, 478; bribery of jury, but final triumph, 479; ecclesiastical trial of, 479; committee of five appointed to bring facts, 479; his ideal purity and innocence, 480; power at death-beds and funerals, 480; beloved by poor and oppressed, 481; meets accusations by silence, prayer, and work, 481; his thanks and speech at Stowe Garden Party, 501; tribute to father, mother, and sister Harriet, 502; death, 512. Beecher, Isabella, H. B. S.'s half-sister, birth of, 13; goes to Cincinnati, 53. Beecher, James, H. B. S.'s half-brother, 45; goes to Cincinnati, 53; begins Sunday-school, 63. Beecher, Rev. Dr., Lyman, H. B. Stowe's father, 1; “Autobiography and correspondence of,” 2, 89; verdict on his wife's remarkable piety, 3; pride in his daughter's essay, 14; admiration of Walter Scott, 25; sermon which converts H. B. S., 33, 34; accepts call to Hanover Street Church, Boston, 35; president of Lane Theological Seminary, 53; first journey to Cincinnati, 53; removal and westward journey, 56 et seq.; removes family to Cincinnati
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