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Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Author
Mandarin Community Club
Jacksonville, Florida
Oil on Linen
| Harriet Beecher Stowe, famed author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a 15 year winter
resident of Mandarin, Florida. During an 1868 trip to Orange Park, Florida, to visit
her son, Frederick, she saw Mandarin for the first time. She rowed across the river
to pick up her mail in Mandarin and was immediately charmed by the area. She later bought
acreage on the river where she established a school for Mandarin's children, both black
and white. |
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