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__ Matthew B. Brady - 1823-1896 __

Mathew B. Brady was born in Warren County, New York. Brady spent his younger years in Saratoga Springs. Brady is most well for being one of the best 19th- century American photographers.Later on in his life Brady became friends with a painter named William Page, who was a student of the painter and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. In the years 1839/1840 Brady traveled to New York City with Page when he was 16 years old. While he was there, Page taught Brady the techniques of painting. In 1845 he carried out his plan of photographing as many other famous people of the time did. During the outbreak of the Civil War, Brady decided to make record of the whole event. Brady and a troop of photographers went into the battle and documented the war. Brady later died in 1896. He was remembered as a wonderful photographer and a brave man.

Information- http://www.answers.com/topic/mathew-brady http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwbrady.html

Picture- http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/images/civil-war-133.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wigwags.wordpress.com/the-artists/&usg=__3O13WmB5pqFgpDNjEy8CK0yNidc=&h=1381&w=1110&sz=231&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=fIkB4HFOm_uW3M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmatthew%2Bbrady%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26sa%3DN __  Ha   ____   rriet Beecher Stowe-1811-1896   __ Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on July 14, 1811. Stowe was best known as an author and for writing the book //Uncle Tom's Cabin.// In the year 1833 Harriet and her brother and sister moved to Cincinnati. While there she married Calvin Ellis Stowe in 1836. While Harriet was living there she became active in the anti-slavery movement and also began writing professionally. Harriet also wrote her book, //Uncle Tom's Cabin//, in Cinncinnati. Her book was finally published in 1852 and later became a bestseller in the United States and England. //Uncle Tom's Cabin// sold more than 10,000 copies in the first week, which was amazing back then! Harriet's book talked about, " Life among the lowly" and also helped support the slavery issue as a honorable one. Over Stowe's life she wrote more than two dozen books, and she mostly wrote fiction and non-fiction. Stowe later died in Hartford, Connecticut. Today she is still recognized as a wonderful author.  

Information- http://www.answers.com/topic/harriet-beecher-stowe http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/life/

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