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Thursday, April 28, 2005

LYMAN BEECHER HOME SITE – HARRIET BEECHER STOWE BIRTHPLACE



Litchfield, CT - This is where Lyman Beecher, famous Congregationalist Minster lived. He and his wife Roxana had eleven children; Harriet Beecher Stowe being the most well known. Other famous siblings were Henry Ward Beecher a minister in Brooklyn, NY; he was active in the abolitionist movement, Catherine Beecher founded many schools for young woman and Isabella, who was active in the suffrage movement.

This house is actually a reproduction on the Beecher Home site.
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LYMAN BEECHER HOME SITE – HARRIET BEECHER STOWE BIRTHPLACE

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