CIVIL WAR BATTLE HYMN Song/Signed/Autograph Letter RARE

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FANTASTIC, ORIGINAL 1900 HANDWRITTEN (AND SIGNED) LETTER FROM JULIA WARD HOWE. Notably, Howe wrote the famous "Battle Hymn of the Republic" which emerged as the most popular song during the Civil War. This classic anthem has since become embedded into American culture. Dated "241 Beacon, Jan 18th, 1900" and addressed to "Miss Barrows," Howe writes: How kind of you to send me your charming little volume on Eggs! I value it very much, and hope to study it with some profit... Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet who is best remembered as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Born New York City, she was the fourth of six children born to wealthy banker Samuel Ward and Julia Rush Cutler. Her paternal grandfather was Samuel Ward (1756-1839), a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army during the revolutionary War. In 1843, she married a hero of the Greek revolution, physician Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe who founded the Perkins Institute for the Blind. The couple and their six children resided in South Boston, w they were active in the Free Soil Party. After the war, Howe focused her efforts on the causes of Pacifism and women's suffrage. The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a timeless patriotic anthem made popular during the Civil War. Howe set her lyrics to William Steffe' read more

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