[529] anniversary of birthday celebrated by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 500; H. O. Houghton's welcome, 501; H. W. Beecher's reply and eulogy on sister, 502; Whittier's poem at seventieth birthday, 502; Holmes' poem, 503; other poems of note written for the occasion, 505; Mrs. Stowe's thanks, 505; joy in the future of the colored race, 506; reading old letters and papers, 507; her own letters to Mr. Stowe and letters from friends, 508; interest in Life of John Quincy Adams and his crusade against slavery, 510; death of husband, 512 and note; of Henry Ward Beecher, 512; thinks of writing review of her life aided by son, under title of “Pebbles from the shores of a past life,” 512; her feelings on the nearness of death, but perfect trust in Christ, 513; glimpses of the future life leave a strange sweetness in her mind, 513.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, twin daughter of H. B. S., 88.
Stowe, Henry Ellis, first son of H. B. S., 89; goes to Europe, 269; returns to enter Dartmouth, 278; death of, 315; his character, 317; his portrait, 320; mourning for, 341, 350.
Stowe, Samuel Charles, sixth child of H. B. S., birth of, 118; death of, 124; anguish at loss of, 198; early death of, 508.
Study, plans for a, 104.
Sturge, Joseph, visit to, 223.
Suffrage, universal, H. W. Beecher advocate of, 477.
Sumner, Charles, on Uncle Tom's Cabin, 196; letter to H. B. S. from, 268.
Sumter, Fort, H. W. Beecher raises flag on, 477.
Sunny memories, 251; date of, 491.
Sutherland, Duchess of, 188, 218; friend to America, 228; at Stafford House presents gold bracelet, 233; visit to, 274, 276; fine character, 277; sympathy with on son's death, 319; warm welcome to H. B. S., 346; death of, 410; letters from H. B. S. to, on “Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin,” 188; on death of eldest son, 315.
Sutherland, Lord, personal appearance of, 232.
Swedenborg, weary messages from spirit-world of, 486.
Swiss Alps, visit to, 244; delight in, 246.
Swiss interest in Uncle Tom, 244.
Switzerland, H. B. S. in, 348.
Sykes, Mrs. See May, Georgiana.
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Talfourd, Mr. Justice, 226.Thackeray, W. M., Lowell on, 328.
Thanksgiving Day in Washington, freed slaves celebrate, 387.
“Times, London,” on Uncle Tom's Cabin, 168; on Mrs. Stowe's new dress, 237; on “Dred,” 278; Miss Martineau's criticism on, 310.
Titcomb, John, aids H. B. S. in moving, 137.
Tourgee, Judge A. W., his speech at seventieth birthday, 505.
Trevelyan, Lord and Lady, 231; breakfast to Mrs. Stowe, 234.
Triqueti, Baron de, models bust of H. B. S., 289.
Trowbridge, J. T., writes on seventieth birthday, 505.
“True story of Lady Byron's life, the,” in Atlantic monthly, 447.
Tupper, M. F., calls on H. B. S., 231.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, description of Augustine St. Clair's mother's influence a simple reproduction of Mrs. Lyman Beecher's influence, 5; written under love's impulse, 52; fugitives' escape, foundation of story, 93; popular conception of author of, 127; origin and inspiration of, 145; Prof. Cairnes on, 146;
