AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7 sheet, signed at the bottom in ink, "H. B. Stowe, Andover, Feb. 19, 1858." Handwritten quote from the Bible, as used in her important book Uncle Tom's Cabin. In full: "The grass withereth—the flower fadeth but the word of our God shall stand forever." In fine condition, with some faint toning from prior display.
Stowe uses this passage from Isaiah 40:8 as the title of Chapter 22 in Uncle Tom's Cabin, 'The Grass Withereth—the Flower Fadeth.' Autograph quotes from Stowe pre-dating the Civil War are scarce, and this example—evoking Uncle Tom's Cabin and penned in the same decade as its publication—is truly superb.
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