Harriet Beecher Stowe's condition deteriorated rapidly

1. Although Harriet Beecher Stowe’s physician isn’t named by the New York Times today, the Times will report that her “medical attendant” had been Edward B. Hooker in their obituary of her.
2. The Hartford Courant and the New York Times offering differing accounts of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s illness today:

• The Courant reported that she had one lucid moment in the morning.
• The Times reported that she was in bed, where she then lapsed into unconsciousness.

Yesterday, Harriet Beecher Stowe was confined to bed.

1. This morning, Harriet Beecher Stowe revived, looked intently at Henrietta McKay Arms, and told Arms, “I love you.”
2. Following this, “the disease dulled her senses and she did not recover her speech.”
3. During the late morning, her eyes were open and following people around the room, “as if conscious of all that was going on.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe will die tomorrow.

1. Today’s dateline in the New York Times represents the earliest reporting on Harriet Beecher Stowe’s final days that I have so far found. The Courant won’t apparently report on Stowe until she died.
2. Edward B. Hooker was a physician and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s
3. 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.