Harriet Beecher Stowe was confied to her bed

6/29/1896 |

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Harriet Beecher Stowe was confined to her bed.

  1. The Hartford Courant and the New York Times offering differing accounts of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s illness today:
  • The Times reported that she had been up and about prior to today.
  • The Courant she had had “two or three gleams of consciousness, when her gentle, nature-loving spirit asserted itself,” since her stroke on June 26, 1896.
  1. Presumably, Harriet Beecher Stowe was ordered to bed by her physician because her condition had worsened, and if so, her physician was likely Edward B. Hooker.

On June 26, 1896, Harriet Beecher Stowe had a stroke.

  1. This morning, Harriet Beecher Stowe sat up and looked out the window, declaring to Henrietta McKay Arms, “Oh, what a beautiful day! Where shall we walk to-day?”
  2. She then fell back into unconsciousness.

Tomorrow, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s condition with decline rapidly.

  1. Edward B. Hooker was a physician and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s
  2. Henrietta McKay Arms was Harriet Beecher Stowe’s

Unattributed.  “Death of Mrs. Stowe,” Hartford Courant, July 2, 1896, page 6.

Unattributed.  “Harriet Beecher Stowe,” New York Times, July 2, 1896, page 5.

Unattributed.  “Harriet Beecher Stowe dying,” New York Times, July 1, 1896, page 1.

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