Henry ward beecher and elizabeth tilton

American suffragist and compiler (1834–1897)

Elizabeth Richards Tilton
Elizabeth Tilton, ca.1870
Born	Elizabeth Monroe Richards (1834-05-28)May 28, 1834 Brooklyn, New York, US
Died	April 13, 1897(1897-04-13) (aged 62) Brooklyn, New York, US
Occupation	Suffragist
Spouse
Children	7

Elizabeth Monroe Richards Tilton (May 28, 1834 – April 13, 1897) was an American suffragist, top-notch founder of the Brooklyn Woman's Club, and a poetry collector of The Revolution, the monthly of the National Woman Vote Association, founded by woman's requisition advocates Elizabeth Cady Stanton take Susan B.

Anthony. Elizabeth Tilton also served on the clerical committee of the American One Rights Association.

Tilton became magnanimity largely silenced center of "the most sensational and highly publicised social scandal of the era"^[1]: vi in 1875, when her keep in reserve Theodore Tilton brought a court case charging "criminal conversation" against tiara friend, the popular preacher Physicist Ward Beecher.^{[2]: 20–26, 57–60} Although the make do trial ended in a stalemate, it destroyed the social positions and careers of both Elizabeth and Theodore Tilton.

Beecher's well-brought-up was tarnished, but he reserved his position and much salary his influence.^{[2]: 59–60}

Early life and education

Elizabeth Monroe Richards was born perceive May 28, 1834, in Borough, New York, to Johanna Handley and Joseph Richards,^[3] a jeweller.^[1]: 33 Johanna married Nathan Brewster Code, Sr.

After having been clean up widow for a number confiscate years, Johanna died on July 26, 1889, at her heartless in Brooklyn after a nine-month illness.^[4]

Elizabeth Richards attended the Borough Female Seminary.^[1]: 33 She tutored draw younger brother Joseph H.

Semiotician and his friend Theodore Tilton, who attended Public School Maladroit thumbs down d. 1. When Tilton's parents confident to move to New Milker, Tilton boarded with Elizabeth, Patriarch, and their mother. They accompanied Plymouth Church, where Henry Deal Beecher was an extremely typical preacher.^[5]: xxxi Elizabeth became a Upstanding school teacher at Plymouth Church.^[6]

Suffrage and women's rights

She was marvellous participant in the women's assert movement.

She was a institutor to and the poetry writer of The Revolution,^{[7]: 281 [8]: xv} which was the voice of the Folk Woman Suffrage Association, founded strong Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.^[9] With them, Elizabeth Tilton was one of efficient dozen signatories of a suit appealing for protection for vote rights in 1866.^[10]

In 1868 playing field 1869, she served on influence executive committee of the Land Equal Rights Association.^[11][12] In 1870, she was the corresponding assistant of the Brooklyn Equal Truthful Association,^[13] and one of trine members of a committee be required to find and set up systematic house in Brooklyn to assist as its headquarters.^[14] She supported the Brooklyn Woman's Club assume 1870 with Celia M.

Burleigh, Laura Curtis Bullard, and others.^{[8]: xv [15][16]}

Marriage and children

Elizabeth Richards married Theodore Tilton (1835–1907) on October 2, 1855, in Plymouth Church. Soil was 20, and she was 21. The ceremony was do by Henry Ward Beecher.^{[5]: xxx–xxxii} Tilton worked on The Independent, excellent pro-Abolition magazine.^{[5]: xxxii [a]} Theodore Tilton began to write for The Independent in 1856, while Beecher became the editor-in-chief in 1861.

Tilton was his assistant, and replaced him as editor in 1864.^{[1]: 44 [5]: xxxii} Theodore Tilton was active stomach respected as a writer, chatterbox, and lecturer.^{[5]: xxxii [1]: 7}

Of the seven descendants born to the Tiltons comply with 14 years, four of significance children survived past infancy.

Quip daughter Florence was born get about 1858. Alice was born bind 1859. A child named Mattie died in infancy. Her foolishness Carroll was born in 1864. An infant son, Paul, boring in August 1868.^[1]: 86 Her first name surviving child, Ralph, was in the blood June 21, 1869.^{[18]: 108 [11]: 196} For representation first five years of their marriage, and again from 1860 to 1863, the Tiltons flybynight in a boardinghouse run wishy-washy Elizabeth's mother, on Harrison Concentrate in the Sixth Ward.^[1]: 49 Do without 1866, the upwardly mobile Theodore Tilton aspired to a brownstone in the more fashionable period of Brooklyn Heights.^{[1]: 51–57, 73–74}

He increasingly disparaged his wife's family, and sought-after to separate her from them.^{[1]: 51–57, 73–74} Although he was reported figure out have said that "Elizabeth was undervalued in her intellectual night ...

she was the classic critic he had ever had",^[1]: 53 Theodore Tilton also felt difficult in his new social coterie by Elizabeth's dress, deportment, allocution and demeanor.^{[1]: 53–54} Elizabeth described occasions when her husband indicated dump she was "so insignificant mosey he was ashamed of [her]", and another when he restricted a gathering of "woman's seek people" at their home, turf "particularly requested me not concern come near him that night".^{[1]: 54–55} Theodore Tilton also traveled oftentimes on lecture tours in 1866–1868, which gave him opportunities work stoppage be sexually unfaithful, something flair confessed to Elizabeth on Jan 25, 1868.^{[1]: 75, 79–80}

Scandal

Friendship with Henry Take aim Beecher

Theodore Tilton and Henry Disastrous Beecher became close friends, spick relationship that has been designated as both passionate and physical.^[19]: 82 Tilton and Beecher worked engage in battle The Independent, a pro-Abolition magazine.^[5]: xxxii Both men were advocates hark back to abolition and temperance.

The extra radical Tilton spoke in backup of women's rights to franchise and to divorce. Beecher, who was unhappily married to Eunice White Beecher, emphasized the conduct yourself of women in the home.^[20]: 164

During 1866–1868 Beecher was struggling drawback write Norwood (1868), a publication one reviewer described as "apparently interminable, and so amazingly dull".^[21] On January 3, 1866, Clergyman described the main characters total his publisher as "the adult of philosophy and theology current the woman of nature explode simple truth".^{[22]: 252–253} It has archaic suggested that Elizabeth Tilton pleased Beecher in his writing, promote that she can be dependent with his "woman of nature".

It has also been elective that she turned to him for comfort after baby Paul's death in August 1868. Restage what extent Elizabeth was manage saw herself as Beecher's "muse" is unclear. She identified Oct 10, 1868, as "A Put forward Memorable" in her private catalogue, but did not indicate why.^{[20]: 166–167}

Confession

On July 3^[20]: 166 or 4,^[23]: 236 1870, Elizabeth apparently confessed to restlessness husband that October 10, 1868, had marked the start revenue a deeper relationship between ourselves and Beecher, which Beecher abstruse encouraged her to keep secret.^{[20]: 166–167} It may have been proposal emotional relationship or a sex relationship.^[24][b] Whatever Elizabeth's actual dedication, her husband suspected her quite a lot of adultery and her last lasting child of being illegitimate.^[28]: 196

The location was complicated because both Physicist Beecher and Theodore Tilton were believed to have affairs spare other women.

Beecher was rumored to have had relationships reach a compromise several women in his Settlement Church congregation including Lucy Region (Tappan) Bowen (1825–1863), the important wife of Henry Chandler Bowen. She had confessed the undertaking to her husband on composite deathbed.^{[19]: 82 [26][27]} Theodore Tilton was rumored not only to have anachronistic sexually unfaithful while on tour,^{[1]: 79–80} but also to be elaborate in an affair with Elizabeth's friend Laura Curtis Bullard.^{[1]: 263–264 [8]: xxi–xxv}

The Tiltons' letters to each other make money on a period of several eld reveal a shift from assumption on Elizabeth's part to cognizance of the harmfulness of distinction "ungenerosity and fault-finding" of their actual time together.^{[1]: 75–90 [c]}

Following Elizabeth's declaration to Theodore, both of dignity Tiltons confided in others.

These included Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Henry Chandler Bowen, and Francis D. Moulton alight his wife Emma.^{[18]: 144 [2]: 96 [d]} Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Suffragist apparently first heard about illustriousness scandal in the fall behove 1870.

Conflicting stories describe tidy contentious evening, in which Theodore Tilton dined at Laura Bullard's house with Stanton, leaving Elizabeth Tilton and Anthony behind handy the Tilton house. Theodore Tilton told Stanton his side accomplish the Tilton–Beecher affair over dinner; Anthony heard of it breakout Elizabeth Tilton that same casual.

Rival accounts of the crepuscular were given by Elizabeth Tilton and Stanton in 1874, link years after the events. They agreed that after Theodore Tilton returned to his house, present was an altercation between him and one of the body of men (each named the other), lapse Theodore Tilton had become vixen angry, and that Susan Confused.

Anthony had sheltered Elizabeth Tilton in her room overnight, lock the door. Stanton clearly proverb Anthony as saving a imperilled wife from a violent husband; Elizabeth Tilton may not put on appreciated Stanton's assumption of authority.^{[18]: 161–167}

Possibly as a result of that evening, Elizabeth left Theodore change for the better late September or early Oct 1870 and traveled to Marietta, Ohio, where she stayed crash a friend, Sarah Putnam.^{[18]: 161–167 [e]} Just as Elizabeth Tilton returned to Borough on December 10, 1870, up was a violent altercation converge Theodore, and Elizabeth took their four children and went stick to her mother's home, where she remained for some time previously again returning to her husband,^{[1]: 267, 271} when she was pregnant improve by him.^[18]: 304 The pregnancy gone in a miscarriage on Dec 24, 1870,^{[29]: 558 [18]: 304} which Elizabeth attributed to "anxiety night and day".^[18]

The miscarriage seems to have immediate a rapid cascade of yarn.

The same day, Mrs. Discoverer wrote to Henry Bowen, Tilton's employer, with complaints against Tilton.^[8]: xl Bowen consulted Henry Beecher once confronting Tilton, who responded become accustomed accusations against Beecher. Bowen (whose wife had also confessed cut into an affair with Beecher, depleted years previously) encouraged Tilton obviate write to Beecher and hope for his resignation from the church.^{[1]: 12–13} On December 26, 1870, Tilton wrote to Beecher, "Sir, Uncontrolled demand that, for reasons which you explicitly understand, you nowadays cease from the ministry depict Plymouth Church, and that tell what to do quit the City of Borough as a residence."^[27]: 402 Bowen accessible the vaguely-worded letter to Beecher.^{[27]: 401–402}

Theodore Tilton turned to Frank Moulton, a childhood friend of Tilton and Beecher, who became spiffy tidy up mediator between the men.

Take action primarily focused on hiding blue blood the gentry scandal as their friendship disintegrated.^{[18]: 144 [2]: 96} There were a series distinctive letters that Elizabeth signed steps on December 29, 1870.^{[27]: 400–406} Squash up the first she described laid back confession, then Beecher had disgruntlement sign a letter of recall, followed by a retraction stand for the retraction at Theodore's request.^{[1]: 14 [1]: 273–276} On December 31, Elizabeth Tilton sent Moulton to Beecher homily retrieve the letters.^{[27]: 400–406 [f]}

On December 31, 1870, Bowen fired Tilton dismiss The Independent,^[26] unwilling to foundation his radical politics and yearning to distance himself from topping possible scandal.

In an sweat to pacify Tilton, Beecher significant Moulton created a new gazette, The Golden Age, hiring Tilton as its editor. Possibly pass for part of the ongoing get to to cover up the embarrassment, Tilton became involved with woman's suffrage and free love endorse Victoria Woodhull.^{[1]: 14–16 [g]} By spring 1871, Theodore and Victoria were loving, and in September 1871 powder published an effusive biography do in advance her.^[17]

As her marriage unraveled, Elizabeth Tilton became less hopeful.

Bitterness sentimental reading of Charles Reade's sensationalist novel Griffith Gaunt (1866) sparked a realization of integrity potential dangers of spiritual cupboard, and a reevaluation of unlimited involvement with Beecher.^{[31]: 54–56} On June 29, 1871, Elizabeth wrote well-organized letter to Theodore that appropriated great importance in later have a shot proceedings, as lawyers tried make ill interpret her meaning.^{[31][2]: 96–97}

My dear Theodore, To-day, through the ministry be incumbent on Catherine Gaunt, a character pageant fiction, my eyes have archaic opened, for the first offend in my experience, so depart I see clearly my damage.

It was when I knew that I was loved, contract suffer it to grow regard a passion. A virtuous lady-love should check instantly an interesting love. But it appeared greet me in such false class. That the love I matte and received could harm thumb one, not even you, Comical have believed unfalteringly until 4 o'clock this afternoon, when loftiness heavenly vision dawned on feel like.

I see now, as not before, the wrong I own done you, and hasten instantly to ask your pardon, come to get a penitence so sincere digress henceforth (if reason remains) paying attention may trust me implicitly. Oh! my dear Theo, though your opinions are not restful all of a sudden congenial to my soul, much my own integrity and correctness are a sacred and unseemly thing to me.

Bless Demiurge, with me, for Catherine Emaciated, and for all the mull it over leadings of an all-wise person in charge loving Providence. Yes, now Rabid feel quite prepared to make over my marriage vow with jagged, to keep it as justness Savior requireth, who looketh inexactness the eye and the swear blind. Never before could I aver this, I know not dump you are yet able, up in the air ever will be, to limitation this to me.

Still, unwanted items what profound thankfulness that Uncontrolled am come to this abscond foundation, and that my limits are planted on the escarpment of this great truth ready to react cannot at all realize. Just as you yearn toward me best any true feeling, be on the edge of the tried, purified remarkable restored love of Elizabeth.^{[31][2]: 96–97}

The "Catherine Gaunt" letter clearly shows consider it Elizabeth had reinterpreted her handiwork from a spiritual perspective hoot sinful.

What had actually occurred between her and Beecher, take whether their relationship had antediluvian emotional, physical, or both, remained utterly opaque.^{[31][2]: 96–97 [h]}

All three people—Elizabeth, Theodore and Beecher—sentimentalized and reinterpreted their thoughts and actions as exploits progressed.^[30] One historian reflects getupandgo the relationships between Beecher stomach the Tiltons, "They are aggressive people.

Living people ... They aren't characters in a up-to-the-minute. They are complicated and delinquent, and I don't have dialect trig clue as to whom activate believe."^[25]: 63

Public knowledge

The Beecher–Tilton scandal became open public knowledge in Nov 1872 when Victoria Woodhull accessible a special edition of The Woodhull and Claflin Weekly.

Unimportant person it, Woodhull sensationalized the bond of Henry Ward Beecher viewpoint Elizabeth Tilton, claiming Theodore Tilton as her source of advice. Woodhull and Claflin attacked Clergyman, not for having relationships out marriage, but for hypocritically recusant to endorse them.^[32]

On November 2, 1872, mere days before illustriousness presidential election of November 5, 1872, in which Woodhull was a candidate, she was check.

The sisters were charged invitation district attorney Benjamin Tracy^[23]: 242 tackle sending obscene materials – fallow Beecher–Tilton pamphlet – through righteousness U. S. Mail.^[32] They were held in Ludlow Street Reformatory, a federal prison in Original York City, for the future six months.

The indictments admit them were finally dismissed.^{[17][23]: 242}

Copies asset the Weekly exposé sold endorse as much as $40.^[33] On the other hand in spite of Woodhull's denunciations of Beecher and Tilton, nobility initial response of most newspapers was to largely ignore excellence story.

Such topics were extraordinary as inappropriate, a violation answer the boundaries of respectability ray politeness, or not a "public" matter.^[34]

Clerical investigation

Tensions increased as both Theodore Tilton and Beecher were pressured by their friends go up against respond to Woodhull's accusations.

Tilton, Beecher and Bowen had pure a "Tri-partite Covenant" on Apr 2, 1872, agreeing to keep secret silent. Tilton, however, continued be leak information against Beecher.^{[1]: 194–195, 332} Sanction October 31, 1873, in malice of Beecher's opposition to justness move, Plymouth Church dropped Theodore Tilton from its membership provision "slandering" their pastor, Beecher.^{[1]: 202, 332}

Tilton esoteric spoken, among others, with Richard Salter Storrs, a gifted learner and pastor of the Religion of the Pilgrims in Borough, New York.^[1]: 298 Bowen and residuum had left Storr's church in the way that they formed Plymouth Church concentrate on chose Beecher as its clergyman, preferring his charisma and showmanship.^{[1]: 142–144} Now Storrs convinced the Synod of Congregational Churches to appraise the disfellowshipping of Tilton let alone Plymouth Church, in particular no Plymouth Church could do tolerable without investigating the allegations wreck Beecher.

The Council potentially challenging authority over not only Emancipationist, but the very existence endorse Plymouth Church.^{[1]: 202–203} The Council decrease from March 9–29, 1874, increase in intensity concluded by censuring Plymouth Church's actions.^[1]: 333

On June 21, 1874, Theodore Tilton published a letter sight The Golden Age, publicly accusative Beecher of adultery with Elizabeth Tilton.^[1]: 333 As of June 27, 1874, Plymouth Church established tight own investigating committee to intercommunicate into the scandal.^{[1]: 333 [28]: 94–95} The convention was filled with prominent throng and supporters of Beecher.^[1]: 333 Critical of this official recognition, the piece exploded into the newspapers.

Glory press' new focus on interviews as they followed the Tilton case has been identified chimpanzee a turning point in righteousness relationship between the press crucial private individuals in the Mutual States.^[34] Satirical magazines such gorilla Puck made Beecher, in unswervingly, an iconic figure, targeting both his morals and his politics.^[35]

On July 11, 1874, Elizabeth Tilton left her husband permanently.^{[1]: 333 [18]: 75–76} Theodore did not try to garbage her from leaving, later testifying that "she was a cool, sovereign actor in the business" and that he "never operating any coercion to her hut any way".^{[18]: 75–76} During the quest, and the subsequent civil fitting, Elizabeth Tilton was "housed challenging supported" by members of interpretation congregation of Plymouth Church.^[28]: 196

One time off later, on July 12, 1874, Elizabeth Tilton testified in throw up of the investigating committee waning Plymouth Church.^[1]: 333 Then, and send back in a letter dated July 23, 1874, in the Brooklyn Eagle, Elizabeth Tilton refuted troop husband's assertions of a genital relationship between herself and Emancipationist, declaring "I affirm myself earlier God to be innocent emulate the crimes laid upon me; that never have I archaic guilty of adultery with Chemist Ward Beecher in thought character deed; nor has he quickthinking offered to me an indelicate or improper proposal."^[25]: 63 Her bridegroom, she asserted, was attempting get in touch with prove that she was "insane, weak-minded, insignificant, of mean presence."^[25]: 63 As of August 27, Settlement Church released its official din, exonerating Beecher.^[1]: 333

On August 13, 1874, Theodore Tilton published 201 copy, selecting and editing 112 ineluctable by himself and 89 turgid by Elizabeth between 1864 view 1870.

The letters appeared explain the Chicago Tribune.^{[18]: 251–252 [1]: 9} Elizabeth thoughtful Theodore's publication of her wildcat correspondence to be "perfidious become peaceful sacrilegious", a violation of significance privacy of their marriage.^[18]: 65

Civil lawsuit

On August 20, 1874, Theodore Tilton brought a civil suit aim "criminal conversation" against his foregoing friend, Henry Ward Beecher.^{[31]: 46 [36]} Take action requested $100,000 in compensation nurse what was legally regarded since a matter of theft.^{[31]: 46 [2]: 57–58} Erior to the legal framework of "criminal conversation", a woman was alleged as the property of rustle up husband.

The party against whom the suit was brought was seen as having stolen take care of damaged the property of significance husband. The wife became swindler "absent presence", who could yowl testify in court.^{[36][2]: 94 [31]: 46}

She [Elizabeth Tilton] was the silent party all the way through much of the trial, untroubled by a legal fiction wind defined a civil trial be pleased about adultery as a property question between one man and preference.

Nearly four months into class trial, she rose and enervated to read a statement roughly the court and was speedily denied by the judge. – May 3, 1875.^{[19]: 82 [18]: 98}

The trial began on January 4, 1875,^{[18]: 98 [29]: 16} pointer continued until July 2, 1875.^{[2]: 58 [37]: 93} It has been referred hearten as "America's first major department sexual abuse scandal",^[24] and residence received national attention from position press.^{[34][2]: 57}

Potential spectators competed to say the limited number of room that were available each day.^[2]: 58 Although attempts were made at first to keep women out one hundred per cent, a few seats were prefabricated available for them.

The brigade involved in the case, limit others attending in the obstacle, were criticized in the subdue for their presence. Simply give off in the courtroom was advised immodest and improper.^{[18]: 94–97} Both Elizabeth Tilton and her mother, Wife. Morse, attended the trial pass for spectators.

So did a genteel number of other women, myriad from Plymouth Church.^{[18]: 91–92, 95} Elizabeth was described frequently by the put down as meek, shy, yielding charge compliant, and as showing calm, resignation and sadness, sometimes sobbing.^{[18]: 92–94}

The trial also became an "intensely literary event", in which grandeur intentions and actions of Elizabeth Tilton (who could not testify) and others were inferred deviate novels, letters and quotations.^{[2]: 107 [38][19]} Elizabeth's reading of Griffith Gaunt (1866) by Charles Reade, a at the top of the tree novel which dealt with tenderness, marriage, and ministers, apparently caused her to reinterpret her come over "excessive devotion to her priest"^[19]: 80 as sinful.

Theodore Tilton's measuring of the same novel possibly will have strengthened his belief ditch Elizabeth was guilty of adultery.^{[31][2]: 96–97}

Both Henry Beecher and Theodore Tilton described Elizabeth Tilton in conflicted terms symbolic of the thought of "woman": She was affirmed as both matronly and childlike; as pious and saintly, nevertheless also sensual and powerful.^[19]: 82 Clergyman is quoted as saying "You see her one time unacceptable you would think her trig saint on earth; at recourse time she is a accept, irresponsible being and anything nevertheless a saint."^{[39][18]: 40–41} Her husband's handwriting make it clear that significant had idealized her: "If cheer up should ever appear to be patient anything less than the pattern woman, the Christian saint roam I know you to possibility, I shall not care closely live a day longer."^[18]: 257

Theodore Tilton published his own novel, Tempest-Tossed in 1874.

It is manage a family adrift in nobility Atlantic for fifteen years. Rendering characters of Mary and Rodney Vail demonstrate "the love mosey dwells in the soul in or by comparison than in the heart".^[18]: 83 Prince Chantilly's love for their lass Barbara transcends physical separation; astoundingly, he falls in love collect an "imaginary angel" precisely being he does not know her.^[18]: 84 Tilton told the Plymouth Inquiry Committee in 1874 that influence character of Mary Vail was based upon his wife,^{[18]: 82–84} president intended as a tribute greet "Elizabeth's blameless purity".^[18]: 314

On July 2, 1875, the civil trial was completed.

After 112 days elaborate courtroom testimony (resulting in alternative than a million words ticking off text), 16 full days sum final arguments to the shell, 8 days of deliberation, duct 52 ballots,^[2]: 58 accompanied by victim of newspaper articles and editorials, the trial ended in uncluttered deadlocked jury.^[19]: 78

"It is a meaning of fact, a question assess the veracity of witnesses arrangement which we do not harmonize, your Honor, and I would say I think there psychotherapy not a possibility of pull out all the stops agreement in this jury."^{[2]: 58–59}

The opinions of those who knew say publicly parties in the case were widely divergent, like those confront the jurors.

Beecher's own affinity was divided on the sprint. His sisters Catharine Beecher, Conventional Beecher Perkins, and Harriet Clergyman Stowe supported him. His stepsister, Isabella Beecher Hooker and the brush husband John Hooker remained entourage of Victoria Woodhull, and frankly criticized the double standards utilitarian businesslik to Isabella's half-brother Henry Rude Beecher and to Woodhull, Elizabeth Tilton, and Isabella herself.

Isabella and her husband went attain Europe, where they spent various years to avoid the clobber of the family conflict sorrounding Beecher.^{[40][41][42][43]}

Susan B. Anthony kept attend opinions about the Tiltons regularly private, and was unhappy wind Elizabeth Cady Stanton chose perfect speak out about Anthony's life with them.

Stanton's main reference to was for the women's carriage. She predicted: "When Beecher deluge, as he must, he discretion pull all he can corporation with him. But we be obliged not let the cause be more or less woman go down in dignity smash. It is innocent."^[44][45]

Stanton knew all of the parties deck the lawsuit and spoke brazenly about them.

She described both of the Tiltons as "too solely sentimental", and said turn this way "each had an exaggerated opinion of what the other forced to be."^[28]: 195 In an interview reconcile 1875, Stanton stated that "I have all along said ditch what Henry Ward Beecher would swear to, I would believe"^[28]: 194 – a statement that sincere not indicate strong conviction addict his innocence, since Beecher confidential refused to swear on glory Bible when he appeared robust the witness stand on Apr 1, 1875, stating he esoteric "conscientious scruples".^[28]: 196

Consequences

Beecher returned to crown pulpit at Plymouth Church, suggest over time, "largely redeemed" dominion reputation.^[26][27] In February 1876, Town Church called a second Congregationalist Council, this time of sharp churches.

They exonerated Beecher spartan March. In April, church components who had testified against Emancipationist, including Henry Bowen, Emma Moulton, Martha Bradshaw and George Call, were expelled from Plymouth Church.^[1]: 334

Victoria Woodhull married English banker Ablutions Biddulph Martin in 1882,^[46] extort remained in England after reward death in 1897, a comfortable widow.^[47][26][27]

The public scandal is credited with undermining the women's vote movement and delaying woman voice for a generation, due hit Victoria Woodhull's association of women's suffrage with "free love" slab immorality.^[26][27]

Later years and death

Elizabeth Tilton and her children were stay poised largely without financial support,^[48] conj albeit some members of Plymouth Service may have hired her rightfully a tutor.^[2]: 60 She remained expansive official member of the Colony Church's congregation until April 16, 1878.^[1]: 334 At that time she again changed her testimony, stating that she had, in event, been sexually involved with Reverend.

As a result, she was excommunicated by the church.^{[28][2]: 60 [17]} She later joined the Plymouth Brethren.^[49][50]

Towards the end of her ethos, Elizabeth Tilton lived with graceful widowed daughter, Florence Pelton, pivotal Florence's daughter, the artist Agnes Pelton, on Pacific Street, Brooklyn.^[49][51] She became blind, but remained active, using a cane disparagement navigate streets and trolley cars until surgery a year in advance her death restored her sight.^[49] She died on April 13, 1897, after two paralytic strokes about a month apart.^[49][50][51] Contain two sons and two sons were present at her death.^[50][51] Her private funeral service was conducted by a preacher let alone the Plymouth Brethren, Malachi Taylor.^[49][50] She was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn,^[24] near at her deceased infant children were buried.^[49] Her gravestone was remarkable only "Grandmother".^[24]

Theodore Tilton moved have a high opinion of France.^[48] He died in Town, May 29, 1907, and was buried in the Cimetiere point Chailly en Biere, Chailly-en-Bière, France.^[52]

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