Beecher-Titon Trial of 1880

Title

Beecher-Titon Trial of 1880

Description

Scanned page 140 from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing a typed text account of the Beecher-Tilton Trial of 1880 in which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn) was sued by Theo. Tilton (one of his members) for alienating the affections of his wife. Shortly after the trial, Mr. Beecher came to Portsmouth to lecture under the auspices of the local Lyceum at the Wilhelm Opera House and stayed at the Biggs where Mr. Tilton also happened to be staying on his way to Maysville.

Creator

Henry A. Lorberg

Date

unknown

Format

Scanned page from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook

Coverage

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio

Rights

Scioto County Public Library