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IBIOGRAPHY
OF
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.

A BIOGRAPHY OF REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
BY
Wm. C. Beecher and Rev. Samuel Scoville,
ASSISTED BY
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
New York:
CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY.
1888.
Copyrighted by
CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY,
1888
(All rights reserved.)
JENKINS & McCOWAN, PRINTERS,
224, 226 and 228 Centre St, N. Y.
To Our Mother,
WHOSE FAITHFUL LOVE AND PATIENT SELF-DEVOTION COMFORTED
AND STRENGTHENED OUR BELOVED FATHER
DURING TROUBLES, BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED
HIM IN PROSPERITY,
A TRUE COMPANION AND DEVOTED HELPMEET,
WE DEDICATE THIS STORY OF HIS LIFE.
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