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Born in Litchfield, CT
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Heartford Female Seminary
Harriet Beecher studied and taught at the Hartford Female Seminary, the school founded
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First book Primary Geography for Children, on an Improved Plan
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Married
Harriet Beecher and Calvin Ellis Stowe married in January -
A New England Sketch” is published
“A New England Sketch” is published in Western Monthly Magazine. This was
Harriet’s first signed story and she received $50 for her effort. -
Twins Eliza and Harriet were Born
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Henry Ellis Stowe was born
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Frederick William Stowe was born
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Georgiana May Stowe was born
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The Mayflower: or Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the Pilgrim
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Samuel Charles Stowe was born
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Samuel Charles Stowe Dies
He died during a cholera epidemic in July 1849. Harriett called him the sunshine child -
Charles Edward Stowe was born
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Appeared in Abolitionist Newspaper and Published in Book Form
Uncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom’s Cabin: or Life Among the Lowly, appeared as a serial in the abolitionist newspaper The National Era, June 5, 1851 though April 1, 1852.
1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in book form March 20. Over 300,000 copies sold
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A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Uncle Sam’s Emancipation
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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands Published
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Dred, Stowe’s 3rd anti-slavery book is published.
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Henry Ellis Stowe Dies
Henry Ellis Stowe drowns in the Connecticut River near Dartmouth College. He had
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Stowe visits Abraham Lincoln in White House.
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American Women’s Home is published
1869 American Women’s Home is published, coauthored with Catharine Beecher, her sister. -
2 Books published
Harry Henderson’s History and Pink and White Tyranny; a Society
Novel were published. -
Published Lady Byron Vindicated
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Oldtown Fireside Stories
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3 Writings Published
Woman in Sacred History; A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical and
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Records of an Unfashionable Street
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Betty’s Bright Idea was published
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Footsteps of the Master was Published
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Poganuc People; Their Loves and Lives was Published
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The Story of the Old Avery was published.
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Calvin Ellis Stowe died
Calvin Ellis Stowe died in August of Bright’s Disease -
Nelly’s Heroics. With Other Heroic Stories was published
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Charles Stowe Published The Life of Harriet
The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals by Charles Stowe was published. This was the version authorized and overseen by Stowe. -
Georgiana Stowe Allen died
Georgiana Stowe Allen died due to septicemia (blood poisoning). This may have been due to complications arising from a lengthy morphine addiction. This had been prescribed for her to combat a complication resulting from her pregnancy years earlier. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe died
