Chapter XVII: Part 17

I wish brother James would inform Mr. Joseph Adams that particular enquiries were made concerning him & his family by Mrs. Adams of Camden, widow to a brother of his, a clergyman who died some time since. She intends visiting Connecticut in a year or two for the benefit of her sons’ education. Whom, I think, she will place under the care of Parson Backus. She is young, handsome, & wealthy. Our beau must take care. Give my love to all my Litchfield & Catskill friends. Tell them that time & distance have increased my affection for them so much, that there is not one of them whom I would not this moment set out & walk ten miles to see. Walk,—I say, for I have not purchased me an horse yet—By the way the price of an horse, saddle & bridle, the delay for an answer from Col. Hampton, in a country like this 50 pr. cent dearer than Conn’t my stay in New York waiting for a passage, & the extravagant demand of packets from that port, all these will really make such a vacancy in my 200 dollar purse, that I shall have room to put in more money when I get it. However, hope points forward to more prosperous times. Though with regard to the expense of my passage by water, I can’t say I had not sailing enough for my money—by our Captain’s account we made a voyage of about _two thousand_ miles & had the _privilege_ of sailing 17 days, all which cost no more than if we had made a direct passage in three days and a half.

Write immediately,
T. PIERCE.

No. 15

STATESBURG, Feb. 16, 1801.

DEAR DOCT’R:—

I expected to have heard from you long before this, but a single letter from my brother James is all that I have rec’d from my friends at the northward since I left Conn’t. Several have undoubtedly been written but lost by the way. I do not think my situation at this place promises to be very profitable, & I suspect I shall not make a permanent stand here, yet it is an healthy & pleasant neighborhood, it seems a proper stand for making a first trial of the effect of a South Carolina summer upon my constitution. The fortunate instances you have heard of in which physicians have made fortunes in this country took place in the lowlands & I suspect that the practice is very little if any more profitable in the high lands than it is in Connec’t. The physicians in Camden & Columbia are from the schools of London, New York & Philadelphia, they have lived several years in this country, yet it is said not one of them can show a thousand pounds gained by his profession. Col. Hampton wrote me an obliging letter from Virginia in which he renews his offer of patronage & pecuniary assistance if wanted—but if I mistake not his plantation is in as unhealthy a situation as any place I have seen in this part of the state, & offers but little practice in its neighborhood. I can maintain myself anywhere—but I believe my friends may resign any expectations they may have entertained of my growing rich very suddenly.

Please to send this on to my brother James that he may read the result of my inquiries concerning the advantages & disadvantages of his settling in the Southern States. I conclude that Mr. Lide’s note announcing the necessity of studying a year in South Carolina has induced you to abandon all thoughts of settling in this state. A Councillor belonging to Savannah informed me that the rules for admittance at the Bar of Georgia required only a certificate of admission at the Bar of Conn’t., & a fair moral character given under the seal of the State,—and a strict examination before a judge in Georgia—But he assures me that in the south part of the state a young attorney is a long time unnoticed & will meet with much source of discouragement before he can procure an advantageous run of practice. A practitioner from Augusta informed me that altho’ their bar swarmed with attornies he believed Augusta a good situation for a man of shining talents. However, in all the Southern States the practice of law is extremely expensive—family & glittering accomplishments are preferred to real merit—& it frequently happens that several years will elapse before a young man who has nothing but _real worth_ to recommend him can obtain an advantageous run of business. The planters are the richest class of men in this country—with their superficial education they direct the taste of the multitude—& _Vive_ la baggatteiles is the complection of the ton—Come as dancing master & you can live. Monsieur Griffiths who taught at Litchfield receives more money than the amount of the salary of an army officer belonging to the State of North Carolina. He teaches alternately at Camden, Columbus & Statesburg.

In South Carolina & Georgia a young attorney is obliged to ride the circuit in a sulky with a servant, & solicit the advocatism of criminal cases to be pleaded _gratis_ to bring himself into notice & I understand riding the circuit is considered as indispensably necessary. I have heard several speak of the excellence of the State of Tennesee as an opening for professional characters. I was advised to go there by Dr. Rodgers of New York—who thought I should soon make a fortune there without the risk of health which is inevitable in this State & Georgia—I am assured that the bar of that state affords but two attorneys of any eminence. Next to Tennesee, Kentucky deserves attention. However, unless you have a taste for wandering you will live happier at the northward with a little, than in this part of the world with great wealth—social pleasures are our sweetest pleasures, & it is generally acknowledged that social intercourse in the northern states affords far more heartfelt gratification than in any other part of the Union.

Addressed to THOMAS O. H. CROSWELL
Catskill, N. Y.

No. 16

MAY 1st, 1801

Upon receiving yours of March 27, which informed me of letters directed to Columbia, I wanted to ride immediately there, but a swell of the Wateree rendered that river absolutely impassable, however, I have finally received them by a circuitous route & was not a little gratified by reading of three letters from yourself & one from my sister Polly. My sister Polly, with that affectionate solicitude for my welfare which always secured for her so warm a place in my heart, begs me not to be _discouraged_. No, my sister, give yourself no uneasiness about that. I am now quite a stranger to “doleful fits” as you call them, in that respect my disposition seems to have changed with the climate—I can now be happy upon easy terms, can hope when others would despair—Beginning the world with nothing I feel as the eldest son of the Vicar of Wakefield did—Being at bottom of Madame Fortune’s wheel a revolution of it may raise me higher, but can sink me no lower—consequently I have everything to hope and nothing to fear from her capricious Ladyship.

Circular—Your letter of Litchfield news, my sister Polly, proved quite a reviving cordial to me—You little know how much I feel the loss of the female society of my native town. In South Carolina the Ladies are generally reserved & distant—I have attended dining parties where the Ladies sat primmed in awful silence, while the Gentlemen conversed solely with each other. I have attended Balls where the sociability seemed little better. Instead of being proverbial for loquacity, the ladies of this state might with propriety become proverbial for taciturnity. I have met with many who dare not open their mouths long enough to pronounce their souls their own. The daughters of the rich are sent to Charleston for education, there to accomplish themselves in music, dancing, embroidery, &c. but little attention is paid to the cultivation of the mind. And indeed the gentlemen set less value upon mental improvement than upon showy accomplishments. Here the first inquiry concerning a strange lady is, “What is she worth?” “How many negroes has she?” Next “What family does she belong to?” then “Is she handsome?” But the mind is of so little importance that it is seldom inquired about. Here the God of Love points his arrows not with beauty & wit, but with gold. Here the graces that adorn a lady have flat noses, wooly hair, & are as black as the devil.

It delights me to hear that all my Litchfield friends enjoy prosperity & happiness. If brother James concludes to settle in this country or anywhere within my reach, my purse, whether there be anything in it or not, shall always be as freely open to him as his own. You mention nothing to me of Sister Nancy. Mamma’s health is I suppose by this time restored. Sister Sally’s eyes have got well, you have a large family of boarders—& all is fun & merriment at our old shade encircled mansion. You seem fearful of writing to me on account of the expense—But whether I shall be in the road of prosperity or adversity a quarter of a dollar every week or fortnight will have little influence towards accelerating or retarding my course. Sally Leavenworth owes me a letter—tell her for me the next time you see her! Remember me affectionately to Fanny Smith & thank her for that message of hers which you say you have forgotten. Give my love to all those whom you without particularising them, say sent love to me.

God bless you all.
T. PIERCE.

Addressed to THOMAS O. H. CROSWELL, Post-master,
Catskill,
St. of New York.

No. 17

July 24th, 1801.

Then my sister Polly on my account dreads the months of July & August—July, has nearly expired & your brother is as healthy as ever—I am less affected by the heat than most of those about me who have passed their lives in the burning sun of South Carolina.—There has been some sickness in the low country, but the hills where I live have been as healthy ever since last September as the town of Litchfield, so celebrated for the purity of its air. So that if you do not receive a letter regularly every week, you are not to conclude that the fever has caught me, or that the Alligators have eaten me up—& even if they do eat me relief is at hand, for we have a French doctor lately settled among us who it is said, can not only cure the sick, but bring the dead to life & raise the devil. He says he studied at Paris, belongs to the Royal Society at London, was _Kings_ physician at St. Domingo while under the dominion of the French Republic, can give hearing to the deaf, sight to the blind, & perform greater miracles than the world has witnessed since the time of Jesus Christ. So you see we have none of us anything to fear from death. Yet if the Doctor should venture to come at me with his pills before life was extinct, I would compliment him with a rifle ball.

Could you walk with me into the fields, my dear sister, you would be surprised by the novelty & beauty of the scenes which would present themselves & of the objects that would surround you. It would delight you to view the vast fields of cotton & rice, of Carolina corn, & of sweet potatoes.—Except from the description of travellers you are totally unacquainted with the orange tree, the bay, the holly, the sweet gum, the red bud, the live oak, the Spanish oak, the palmetto, the pride of India, the swamp cypress, & many other trees peculiar to hot climates. The swamp Cypress I mentioned is the Cypressus Distica described by Bartram. His description is overwrought, yet the tree sometime grows to an immense size & when the long moss hangs from its umbrella-like top, exhibits a most majestic appearance.—Notwithstanding the representation of travellers, I think the birds of this country are not in general more tuneful, or more richly colored than those of Conn’t. You would be delighted however with the Mocking bird. One sometimes fixes himself on a tree near my window, & if the moon shines bright, sings all night long his ever varying and most melodious strain. In the early part of the season, when riding through the woods, I discovered a plant, which seemed to resemble the picture I had seen of the Mimosa & upon dismounting was highly delighted to see all its leaves fold together at the touch. This is very properly an emblem of sensibility, & when I observe one limb feeling the injury done to another, the delicacy of the plant, its sharp thorns & its downy blossoms I consider it as an elegant emblem of sympathy, which is the source of many of our severest pangs, & of our sweetest pleasures, & which gives exercise to some of the noblest virtues of the human heart.

Your account of sister Nancy’s ill health affects me more especially since distance prevents me from joining my efforts to yours for the reestablishment of her health. Yet I hope that long before this time, she is perfectly restored. I sometimes see Daniel Brown, he always desires me to remember him affectionately to my sister Nancy, in my letters. Lide & Reese also profess a strong regard for our family. Reese is married to a very fine woman & Lide longs to follow his example. You mention nothing of Susan and her children. Give me an account of everybody in Litchfield & give my love to every body.

Yours,
TIMOTHY PIERCE.

To MISS MARY PIERCE, Litchfield, Conn.

No. 18

STATESBURG, 2nd, August 1801.

DEAR MADAM:—

Painful is the task of being the messenger of misfortune to those whom we would wish to oblige, yet, the mutual friendship heretofore existing between your unfortunate son & myself, renders it a duty incumbent on me, to state to you, somewhat particularly his late illness.

On the 19th ultimo, he rode with several of his friends, about 20 miles on a party of pleasure; but during this pastime he got wet with a shower of rain, which gave him a chilly sensation for a day or more, he then got well of it, & returned home in apparent health, on the 23rd. In the evening of the next day he was attacked with an ague, to which a fever succeeded. On the following morning he prescribed an emetic for himself, but this produced no abatement of his disorder. On the next day (Sunday 26) he sent a message to me, requesting my attention. On making my visit I found him laboring under that complaint so incident to foreigners in this climate, a billious fever, with affection of the nerves, I visited him every day at his lodgings (5 miles from this) till the 29th when Mr. William Rees (Father of the Gentlemen who studied law at Litchfield) early in the morning had him removed to his house, in a carriage, on account of better accommodations. From this time I was constantly by him, until his last expiring moments, which was about 9 o’clock on Saturday, the 1st. of August.

In the course of his illness, he frequently suffered some degree of delirium, but during the whole of the night preceding his exit, he was perfectly sensible, & remained so to almost his last moment. He was well convinced of the approaching catastrophe, but death, with him, appeared to have lost its sting; he viewed it with a calm countenance; spoke of it with great composure, and appeared perfectly resigned to the will of the _Great Disposer of events_. He expired without a struggle or a groan, & I believe without pain of body, or mind.

I suppose Madam, it would afford you neither consolation, or instruction, were I to recount to you, the remidies I made use of on this occasion. May it suffice to assure you, that nothing in my power was spared, which, I thought could contribute to his recovery, while Mr. Rees & his Lady treated him with almost more than paternal care—they showed him all that tenderness & affection which was due to his distinguished merit.

The day after his decease, he was interred in the churchyard of this place, where a well adapted discourse, on the melancholy occasion was delivered by the Rev. W. Roberts, to a large & respectable concourse of people, who had assembled to solemnize his funeral obsequies.

He (verbally) appointed Mr. Rees the younger, (he who studied under Mr. Reeves) & myself, to be his executors; we have not yet inquired into his affairs so far as to be able to give you any satisfactory account of them, but shall lose no time in doing it. In the mean time we would be glad to hear from you, any commands of yours shall be strictly attended to. He has a manuscript book which is principally or wholly, his own composition; this he wished me to send to you; please to let me know by what conveyance.

I am, Madam
With respect,
Your humb, Servant,
HORACE REED.

MRS. PIERCE.
Addressed Mrs. (Widow) Pierce,
Litchfield, Connecticut.

No. 19

SOUTH CAROLINA, STATESBURG.
August 5th, 1801.

DEAR MADAM:

I forward the letter directed to your sister, and written the day previous to my friend’s having taken sick. It is with heart felt anguish that the melancholy relation devolves upon me, by his particular request, to announce to you and his friends, that the hand of Providence has forever deprived them of the possibility of receiving another letter from one so near and dear to them. At my father’s house on the 1st, instant, about 9 o’clock in the morning after an illness of nine days Doc’r. Pierce, the friend of religion and Man “sought that borne from which no traveller returns” perfectly calm and resigned. He observed a few moments previously to the melancholy event That he feared not the change, that he knew was about to take place on his own account, but he felt poignantly for the grief and distress it would occasion an affectionate Mother, Sisters & Brothers. I think proper to mention that every assistance within the reach of our power, and that of Dr. Reid who attended him during part of his illness was rendered. The Doctor has forwarded a particular detail of the circumstances attending his illness. It will I trust be some small consolation to his friends to know that all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance here, most sincerely sympathize & condole with them in their distress. I will endeavor to procure a transcript of the Funeral Sermon preached on the occasion & forward it to Litchfield to you. He requested of Dr. Reid and myself to take charge of his worldly affairs, & observed it was unnecessary to make a Will. We have agreeably to his request taken an Inventory of the Effects belonging to him, & will when appraised send on a copy of it for your satisfaction. A manuscript book of his own composition he desired might be forwarded to his relatives in Litchfield. I wish you could devise a mode of conveyance. I hope soon that you will be pleased to communicate whatever you in your own discretion may think proper.

With a good hope & a good wish that you & the dear relatives of _him_ whose memory is so dear to us all, may with Christian fortitude bear the reality that is fraught with such cruel darts. I am dear Madam, With every sentiment of esteem,

Y’r Most Ob’t Serv’t,
WILL’M REES.

MISS SARAH PIERCE,
Litchfield, Conn.

A FUNERAL SERMON PREACHED ON THE DEATH OF DR. TIMOTHY PIERCE BY REV. W.
ROBERTS.

“All is vanity.” SOLOMON.

“All the glory of man is as the flower of grass.” PETER.

“To die is gain—Godliness is profitable unto all things.” PAUL.

Friends and Fellow-mortals, twenty four hours ago, I entertained not the most distant expectations of addressing you on the solemn and awful subject of death. Little did I expect to behold this church saddened with the sable coffin. Little did I expect to experience the undesirable office and necessity of preaching a funeral sermon on this occasion and this sacred day. When the melancholy tidings of this unexpected event were communicated to me last evening I was chilled with astonishment & surprise! My heart was reluctant to believe the unwelcome report. But alas! it is lamentably and sadly true, the amiable, the agreeable, the accomplished, the admired Dr. Pierce is dead, is gone to the mansions of silence! It is a solemn and distressing fact, that a few weeks ago, he bloomed with health, was nerved with strength and vigor, but is a pale inhabitant of the grave, a breathless body of clay! He, whose countenance a few weeks ago was brightened with youth and animated with life and cheerfulness, is now a motionless, a lifeless subject of death. Very lately a healthy inhabitant of this world, now an inhabitant of eternity! Very lately capable of every social enjoyment and domestic pleasure among his friends, now forever snatched and torn away from their arms! Very lately, every sense, feeling and affection exulted and triumphed in existence; but now the unanimated body is deprived of these powers. Where is that voice, whose accents were lately so agreeable, improving and useful? It is speechless, it is dumb in death. Where are those eyes, which lately so luminously expressed suavity of disposition, the spirit of Virtue, and indications of knowledge and piety? Their life is extinguished in the shades of death.... Where are those bright prospects and pleasing scenes of usefulness which his philanthropic, and science-illuminated mind contemplated and hoped to experience? They are abortive, they are blasted in the bud, they have had only an embryo existence. Those talents, virtues, graces, gifts, manners and disposition, with which Heaven, nature, art & education had so liberally and bountifully enriched and embellished his mind and person have been suddenly, too suddenly destroyed with his last breath.

What flattering expectations and sanguine hopes must his Relations and Friends have entertained, that his days would not have been so few, that his life would have been long and eminently useful and happy—And had they not the best grounds and reasons to indulge such hopes and expectations from his character, conduct, qualifications and disposition?...

Yet he lives, he lives, we reasonably and charitably hope in the land of rest and peace and immortal bliss. The sacred light of hope and faith beamed in his closing eyes. With Christian fortitude and heroism he seemed to meet the King of Terror.

APPENDIX C.
POPULATION OF CONNECTICUT TOWNS.

CENSUS, 1820.

New Haven 6.967
Hartford 6.003
Middletown 5.382
LITCHFIELD 4.639
Groton 4.451
Stamford 4.440
Lyme 4.321
Fairfield 4.135
Wethersfield 3.931
Saybrook 3.926
Guilford 3.845
Danbury 3.606
New Milford 3.537
Greenwich 3.533
Norwich 3.528
New London 3.238
Stonington 3.043
East Windsor 3.081
Norwalk 2.933
Windsor 2.868
Newtown 2.834
Glastonbury 2.766
Farmington 2.748
Colchester 2.697
Granby 2.696
Milford 2.674
Mansfield 2.570
East Haddam 2.557
Killingly 2.542
Thompson 2.467
Windham 2.416
Salisbury 2.331
Wallingford 2.325
Cheshire 2.283
Stafford 2.230
Haddam 2.205
Canaan 2.203
Derby 2.051
Hebron 2.002
Simsbury 1.966
Plymouth 1.882
Tolland 1.610
Torrington 1.586
Pomfret 1.505
New Hartford 1.507
Winchester 1.466
Meriden 1.249
Colebrook 1.243
Brooklyn 1.200
Vernon 827
New Fairfield 772

APPENDIX D.
LIST OF PUPILS MENTIONED IN THE JOURNAL OF MARY ANN BACON. 1802.

Miss Rogers
„ Strong
„ Scovil
„ Elmore
„ Leavitt
„ Pease
„ Brainard
„ Charity Gracy
„ Lampson
„ Livingston
„ Rhoda Wadsworth
„ Fanny Kerby
„ Lord
„ Chapin
„ Charlotte Tomlinson
„ Trowbridge
„ Hays
„ Cornelia Adams
„ Pettebone
„ Laury Bacon
„ Skinner
„ Williams
„ Hale
„ Burget
„ Smith
„ Taylor
„ Eliza Scovil
„ Garden Fart
„ Tammage
„ Umphres

STUDIES SPOKEN OF IN MARY BACON’S DIARY.

Geography
Dictionary
Spelling
Composition
Reading
Sewing
Embroidery
Map Study
Drawing
Painting
Music
History

THE NAMES OF THE YOUNG LADYS IN LITCHFIELD SCHOOL JUNE THE 10^{TH}
THURSDAY. 1802.

Betsey Leavitt
Catharine Levingstone Dover
}
Anny Levingstone „
}
Taine Martingbrough Derby
-
Sally Maunda New York
Sally Catling Litchfield
}
Hannah Catling „
}
Miss Orton
Harriot Pettibone
Polly Cauldwell Hartford
Rachel Skinner Williamstown
Eliza Schovil
Polly Strong
Charlott Sanden Litchfield
(Sheldon) }
Polly Sheldon „
}
Miss Stores
Miss Stoten
Two Miss Smiths Glosing
Berry
Fanny Strong Woodbury
Lucy Shelding (Sheldon) Litchfield
Unic Tomlinson Huntington
Betsy Tomlinson Huntington
Maria Tammage[97] Litchfield
Sally Trobridge
Susan Tatlor Litchfield
Sally Williams
Two Wilmading New York
Mary Lord Litchfield
Cornelia Davis Adams
Maria Davis Adams Litchfield
Jarusha Branard Haddam
Miss Burgett
Miss Burk Gorgia
Miss Bissel Savanna
Maria Butler Litchfield
Mary Ann Brown Roxbury
Cliresy
Cleresy Chapin
Betsy Chapin
Miss Case
Sofia Case
Charlott Cockrin —— West Indies
Mary Cockrin ——
Graice Cockrin ——
Julia Day —— Scatskill
Nancy Day ——
Mary Demming —— Litchfield
Clerissy Demming ——
Anny Fred Simons Gorgia
Eliza Garden Fart Gorgia
Mary Glenn Savanna
Charity Grasy Derby
Sophira Hayl Scatskill
Melissa Hays
Nancy Hail
Catharine Hunter Savanna
Miss Hall
Julia Elmore Cannon

1811.

List of Subscribers,[98] in 1st Vol. “Universal History.” 1st.
Edition—New Haven.
Printed by Joseph Barber.
1811.

Mrs. Susan Tracy, Litchfield.
Mrs. Mary Pierpont, „
Caroline Tracy, „
Lucy Sheldon, „
Jane E. R. Shedden, New York.
Caroline W. Gold, Pittsfield.
Eliza A. Johnston, Savannah.
Bellamy C. Robertson, „
Ann Robertson, „
Ann M. Ripley, Sag Harbor.
Eliza C. Partridge, „
Maria C. Prall, New York.
Frances Maria Webb, „
Mary Cheetham, „
Charlotte M. Rose, „
Julia Blackwell, Blackwell’s-island.
Eliza Shaw, New York.
Maria S. Stoutenburgh, „
M. A. Hewet, „
Julian S. M’Lachlan,[99] „
Cornelia B. Van Kleeck, Poughkeepsie.
Mary P. Loyd, Hartford.
Eliza Davies, Poughkeepsie.
Jane Ann Maison,[100] „
Matilda H. Davenport, Stamford.
Harriet W. Tallmadge,[101] Litchfield.
Sarah G. Fanning, Pittsfield.
Caroline Hubbell, „
Parthenia L. Dickenson, „
Helen F. Mumford, Cayuga.
Mary H. Griswold, Herkimer.
Elizabeth H. Jones, Hartford.
Laura Porter, Catskill.
Eliza S. Benton, „
Sarah Van Gaasbeek, Kingston.
Hilah Bevier, Rochester.
Hepsey Partridge, Hatfield.
Mary Hastings, „
Tamer Flagler, Beekman.
Content S. Flagler, Half-moon.
Laura Keyes, Batavia.
Emily Lindsley, Lindsleytown.
Sarah Van Wyck, Fishskill.
Ann Van Wyck, „
Phoebe Rapaljee, „
Ann Anthony, „
Hester Van Voorhis, „
Mary Birdsall, Peekskill.
Hannah Dewsenbury, „
Hannah Bradley, Lanesbourough.
Eliza Ann S. De. Peyster,[102] New York.
Cornelia A. Coit, „
Nancy Hotchkiss, New-Durham.
Mary Post, „
Ann Tuthill, Newport.
Ann Seely, Chester.
Harriot Loomis, Torrington.
Ann B. Starkweather, Williamstown.
Hannah S. Starkweather „
Mary Bulkley „
Susan Leavitt Bethlem.
Wealthy A. Backus,[103] „
Mary Deming, Litchfield
Charlotte Landon, „
Ann P. Brace „
Sarah Post „
Eliza Cleaver „
Mary Peck, „
Fanny Lord, „
Mary Ann G. Wolcott, „
Hannah H. Wolcott, „
Catharine Beecher, „
Sarah M’Curdy, Norwich.
Ann Comstock, New Milford.
Sophia Todd, „
Aletta Mersereau, New York.
Almira Geract’d, „
Sally A. Wardell, „
Jane Wardell, „
Sarah M. Lyman, Berk.
Mary L. Lyman, Goshen.
Clarinda Thompson, „
Amelia P. Haydorn, Saybrook.
Sarah Hitchcock, Amenia.
Athalia Atwater, Northfield.
Abigail Good, Norwich.
Abigail Blakeslee, Columbus.
Harriet Usher, Chatham.
Mary Gleason, Farmington.
Maria Cowles, „
Betsey Osburn, Jersey.
Mary Galpin, Litchfield.
Mersa Robbins, Colchester.
Esther Marsh, New Hartford
Dorothea W. Borland, Camden.
Theodosia Deveaux, „
Harriet Bedford, Montgomery
Clarissa H. Starr, Cooperstown.
Eliza Wilson, Clermont.
Susan N. Warner, New York.
Maria Gates, East Haddam.
Caroline Buel, Goshen.
Harriot Kirby, Litchfield.
Sarah Center, Pittsfield.
Theodosia Deveaux, New York.
Marcia Averill, Cooperstown.
Julia Crosby, Amenia.

NAMES OF THE YOUNG LADIES BELONGING TO MISS PIERCE’S SCHOOL IN THE
SUMMER OF 1814.

Caroline Atwater. New Haven Conn
Wealthy Bachus. Clinton N Y.
Maria Ball. Salisbury Conn
Catherine Beecher. Litchfield Conn
Ruth Benedict Albany N Y.
Lidia Booth. Poughkeepsie N Y.
Julia Boughton. Danbury Conn
Ann Brace. Litchfield Conn
Abbey Bradley. Stockbridge Conn
Amanda Bradley. Litchfield Conn
Charlotte Bradley. New Haven Conn
Caroline Buel. Goshen Conn
Maria Buel. Burlington Vt
Sarah R. Cantine. Kingston N Y.
Ann Stocking. Sheffied Conn
Sally Taylor. Paris. N Y.
Emily Woodruff. Clinton N Y.
Mary Clark. Albany N Y.
Eliza Catlin. Bristol Conn
Clarrisa Cleaver. Litchfield Conn
Lucy Cleaver. Glastenbury Conn
Amelia Colton. Longmeadow Mass
Delia Colton. Longmeadow Mass
Sally Cook. Litchfield Conn
Mary Dean. Westmoreland N Y.
Mary Denison New Haven Conn
Theodosia Deveaux— N York
Sarah Everit— Fishkill N Y.
Hannah Fish— Lanesbourough Mass
Mary A. Galpin. Litchfield Conn
Mary Goodall. Cooperstown N Y
Eliza Van Bleek. Poughkeepsie N Y
Mary A Woolcot. Litchfield Conn
Cornelia Goodrect. Sheffied Conn
Emeline Griswold. Goshen Conn
Harriet Hall. Lanesbourough Mass
Sybill Hale. Clinton N Y.
Sallie E. Harris Poughkeepsie N Y
Helen Hasbrook. Kingston N Y
Eliza Hasbrook. Kingston N Y
Maria Hoffman. Red Hook N Y.
Nancy Holmes. East Haddam Conn
Maria Hunt. Caanan Conn
Emeline Hunt. ditto
Polly Hunt. ditto
Betsey Hurlbut. Burlington Vt
Angelica Hughes. Kingston N Y
Mary E. Jones. New Haven Conn
Helen Kirby. Litchfield Conn
Ann Eliza Landon— ditto
Susan Leavette. Bethlehem
Cornelia Leonare Lansingbury N Y
Amelia Lewis— Litchfield Conn
Louisa Lewis— ditto
Abbey Lord— ditto
Nancy Marvin— Wilton Conn
Harriet M^cNeil— Paris N Y.
Elisa Meshal— Poughkeepsie N Y.
Eliza Starr— New Milford Conn
Mary Miles— New Haven Conn
Henrietta Miles New Haven Conn
Emmeline Minturn— Poughkeepsie
Clarrisia Minturn— Poughkeepsie
Eliza Ann Mulford[104]— New Haven Ct
Nancy Mulford[105]— New Haven
Caroline Newcomb— Pleasant Valley
Abbey Northrop— New Milford Conn
Jane Norwood— New York
Minerva Pardee. Lanesbourough
Mary Peck— Litchfield Conn
Helen Peck— ditto.
Charlotte Pettit— Wilton Conn
Elisa Pledger— Middletown Conn
Elisa Raymond— Montville Conn
Charlotte Rockwell— Albany N Y.
Cloe Roberts— Bristol Conn
Rhoda Robert— Cornwall Conn
Eliza Rowland— Fairfield Conn
Miss Rumsey— Unknown
Sally Sanford— Jamesville N Y
Clarrisa Seymour Litchfield Conn
Fany Sherill— Richmond Mass
Mary Sherill— Richmond Mass
Eunice Smith— Lanesbourough Mass
Abbey Smith— Albany N. Y.
Mary Smith Litchfield Conn
Hannah Woolcot Litchfield Conn
Katharine Woodbridge— Woodbridge Conn

1816.

List of Subscribers in II Vol.
“Universal History.” 1st Edition.
New. Haven,
Printed by J. Barber,
1816

Mrs. Susan Tracy, Litchfield. Conn.
Lucy Sheldon, „ „
Harriet Kirby, „ „
Sarah M. Arden, Rhinebeck, New York.
Harriet Baker, Albany, „
Ruth R. Benedict, „ „
Maria Blake, Westborough, Mass.
Emeline Beebe, Cooperstown, N. Y.
Sarah Buel, Litchfield, Conn.
Eliza Broadhead, Clermont, N. Y.
Caroline M. Boardman, New Milford, Conn.
Harriet Breck, Goshen, „
Euphemia F. Blanch, Paramus, New Jersey.
Catherine Blauvelt, Greenbush, N. Y.
Emily Butler, Tompkins, N. Y.
Caroline Chester, Hartford, Conn.
Mary E. Cobb, Sullivan. N. Y.
Mahala Christian, Peekskill „
Phoebe Conklin, Armenia „
Eliza M. Camp, Owego „
Mary Clark, Albany „
Lucetta Cleveland, Madison „
Eliza Dederer, Clarkstown „
Mary E. Denison, New Haven, Conn.
Theodosia Deveaux, New York.
Eleanor Ellis, Saratoga. N. Y.
Maria B. Elting, Paramus. N. J.
Eliza Erwin, Painted Post, N. Y.
Laura Farnham, Cooperstown „
Nancy Farnham, „ „
Harriet Hyde, Lee. Mass.
Harriet Hale, Sangerfield. N. Y.
Susan Haines, Montgomery. „
Lucy Hedge, Montreal, L. Canada.
Margaret Hopkins, Philadelphia. Penn.
Adelaide Hopkins, „ „
Caroline Hunt, Canaan. Conn.
Nancy W. Hurlburt, Wethersfield „
Nancy Johns, Kingston U. Canada.
Eliza Judson, Lansingburgh. N. Y.
Rhoda Chamberlain, Dalton. Mass.
Abigail Chamberlain, „ „
Rachel Kellogg, Clinton N. Y.
Amanda Keeler, Albany N. Y.
Abby Lyman, Norwich. Mass.
Sarah Marsh, Dalton Mass.
Lousia Marvin, Albany, N. Y.
Amy S. Marvin, „ „
Harriet M’Niel, Paris „
Caroline Merwin, New Milford. Conn.
Mary Newcomb, Pleasant Valley, N. Y.
Eliza Ogden, Walton „
Eliza Pitkin, East Hartford, Conn.
Charlotte Platt, Tioga, N. Y.
Eliza M. M’Burney, Painted Post, N. Y.
Elizabeth M. Rowland, Fairfield, Conn.
Matilda C. Robinson, New York.
Susan Rockwell, Colebrook. Conn
Sarah J. Sanford, Jamesville. N. Y.
Maria Sanford, „ „
Charlotte M. Smith, Cambridge, „
Abby M. Smith, Albany, „
Abigail Smith, Washington. „
Mary Smith, Litchfield, Conn.
Julian A. Smith, Albany N. Y.
Henrietta Sperry, Owego, „
Catharine S. Staples, New Haven, Conn.
Charlotte Storrs, Middlebury Vermont.
Maria Storrs, Mansfield Conn.
Cornelia Van Benthuysen, Red Hook, N. Y.
Mary Sherrill, Richmond. „
Elizabeth Van Slyck, New York.
Sally Ann Maria Vander Heyden, Troy. N. Y.
Mary Verplanck, Verplank’s Point. „
Juliet Wadsworth, Montreal L. Canada.
Nancy Wakeman, Ballstown, N. Y.
Catharine Webb, Cooperstown. „
Mary Ann G. Wolcott,[106] Litchfield, Conn.
Hannah H. Wolcott,[107] „ „
Phoebe Wood, Montgomery, N. Y.
Amanda S. Nye, Amenia. „
Amelia C. Lewis, Litchfield. Conn.
Mary Peck, „ „
Clarissa Ayers, Clinton, N. Y.
Elizabeth Griffin, „ „
Betsey M. Jones, Litchfield. Conn.
Mary H. Riley, Goshen, „
Olivia Very, Marlborough. Vt.
Clarissa Ely, Saybrook. Conn.
Catharine L. Webb, New York.

1816.
PRINTED CATALOGUE OF 1816 IN COLLECTION OF MISS MARY PHELPS.

CATALOGUE
OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE FEMALE ACADEMY,
LITCHFIELD (CONN.) FOR THE SUMMER OF 1816.

Mary Adams,[106] five weeks[108] Andover, Mass. Alinda Adams,[106] five weeks[108] Burlington, Vt. married[108] Sarah S. Ames,[106] New Hartford, N. Y. married[108] Sarah M. Arden, Rhinebeck, N. Y. married[108] Clarissa Ayers,[107] Clinton, N. Y.

Harriet Baker, Albany, N. Y. Ann Bates,[106] Durham, Emmeline Beebe, Canaan, Emmeline Beebe, Cooperstown, N. Y. married[108] Charlotte Beeckman,[107] Coeymans, N. Y. Mary F. Beecher,[106] six Litchfield, weeks[108] Ruth R. Benedict, Albany, N. Y. Maria Blake,[106] Westborough, Mass. Euphemia Blanch,[107] Paranus, N. J. married[108] Caroline M. Boardman, New Milford, married[108] Margaret Bolles,[106] Litchfield, married[108] Harriet Breck,[107] Goshen, died[108] Eliza Brodhead, Clermont, N. Y. Sarah Buel, Litchfield, married[108] Harriet Buel, Litchfield Emily H. Butler, Thompkins, N. Y. married[108]

Eliza M. Camp, Owego, N. Y. Rhoda Chamberlain,[107] Dalton, Mass. Abigail Chamberlain,[107] Dalton, Mass. Caroline Chester, Hartford, married[108] Mahala Christian,[106] Peekskill, N. Y. Lucetta Cleaveland, Madison, N. Y. Mary E. Cobb, Sullivan, N. Y. died[108] Maria Collins,[109] Litchfield, died[111] Phoebe Conklin, Amenia, N. Y. Betsey Cornelius,[110] Somerstown, N. Y. Mary Cornelius, Somerstown, N. Y.

Eliza Dederer, Clarkstown, N. Y. Caroline A. Delafield,[110] New York died[111] Lucretia Deming, Litchfield Mary E. Dennison, New Haven, married[111] Theodocia C. Deveaux,[109] New York married[111] Sophia Dewey,[109] Sheffield, Mass.

Eleanor Ellis, Saratoga, N. Y. Pamelia Ellis, Saratoga, N. Y. Maria B. Elting, Paranus, N. J. Clarissa Ely,[109] Saybrook, Eliza Erwine, Painted Post, N. Y. married[111]

Nancy Farnham,[110] Cooperstown, N. Y. died[111] Laura Farnham, Cooperstown, N. Y. died[111] Sarah Finkle, Ernest-Town, Up. Can. five weeks[111] Minerva Finkle, Ernest-Town, Up. Can. five weeks[111] Maria Fountain, one quarter[109] New York,

Mary Ann Galpin,[109] Litchfield, married[111] Laura Gold,[109] Cornwall, Ann C. Goodwin, Geneva, N. Y. married[111] Susan Gregory,[109] Saratoga, N. Y. Betsey Griffin, Clinton, N. Y.

Susan Haines, Montgomery, N. Y. Harriet Hale,[109] Sangerfield, N. Y. Lucy Hedge, Montreal, L. Can. Margaret M. Hopkins, Philadelphia, married[111] Adelaide Hopkins, Philadelphia, Caroline Hunt, Canaan, Nancy W. Hurlbert, Wethersfield, married[111] Harriet Hyde,[109] Lee, Mass.

Nancy Johns, Kingston, Up. Can. married[111] Eliza Judson,[109] Lansingburgh, N. Y. Amanda Keeler, Albany, N. Y. Rachel Kellogg,[113] Clinton, N. Y. Helen Kirby, Litchfield, Catharine Kirby,[112] Litchfield

Ann E. Landon, Litchfield, Mary Landon,[112] Litchfield, Elizabeth O. Lee,[112] Salisbury, Amelia C. Lewis, Litchfield, died 1820[114] Louisa Lewis, Litchfield, Eliza Logan,[112] Roxbury, Abbe L. Lord, Litchfield, married[114] Abbe S. Lyman, Norwich, Mass. married[114]

Sarah W. Marsh, Dalton, Mass. Louisa Marvin, Albany, N. Y. married[114] Amy S. Marvin, Albany, N. Y. m. & died[114] Eliza M’Burney, Painted Post, N. Y. married[114] Harriet McNeil,[113] Paris, N. Y. Caroline Merwin, New Milford, m. & died[114]

Mary D. Newcomb, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Margaret G. Newcomb Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Abbe S. Northrop,[112] New Milford dead[114] Amanda Nye,[113] Amenia, N. Y.

Eliza Ogden Tompkins, N. Y. married[114]

Grace Peck,[112] New Haven, married[114] Mary W. Peck, Litchfield, married[114] Helen Peck, Litchfield, dead[114] Eliza Pitkin,[112] East Hartford, Charlotte Platt, Owego, N. Y. married[114]

Matilda C. Robinson, New York, Susan Rockwell,[112] Colebrook, married[114] Elizabeth Rowland, Fairfield, married[114]

Ann Salisbury,[112] Cattskill, N. Y. Sarah J. Sanford,[113] Manlius, N. Y. dead[114] Maria A. Sanford,[113] Manlius, N. Y. dead[114] Esther R. Sanford,[112] Litchfield, m. & dead[114] Orra Sears,[113] Bloomfield, N. Y. Louisa Seymour,[115] Litchfield, married[117] Mary Sherrill,[116] Richmond, Mass. dead[117] Charlotte M. Smith, Cambridge, N. Y. Abbe M. Smith, Albany, N. Y. married[117] Mary W. Smith, Litchfield, Abigail L. Smith, Washington, N. Y. Julia Ann Smith, Albany, N. Y. Laura O. Spencer,[115] Colebrook, Esther H. Sperry, Owego, N. Y. married[117] Mary E. Stanley,[115] New Hartford, N. Y. married[117] Catherine S. Staples,[115] New Haven, Julia Starr,[115] Litchfield, Adeline Stoddard,[115] Burlington, Vt. married[117] Maria Storrs, Windham, married[117] Charlotte Storrs, Middlebury, Vt.

Charlotte Towner,[116] Goshen, Catharine Townsend,[115] New Haven, married[117] Fanny Trowbridge,[115] Roxbury, Lucy Tuttle,[115] New Haven, married[117]

Cornelia Van Benthuysen, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Sally Ann Maria Vander Heyden, Troy, N. Y. Catalina Van Deusen, Livingston, N. Y. married[117] Rachel Van Deusen,[115] Livingston, N. Y. married[117] Eliza Van Slyck, New York, dead[117] Mary B. Verplanck, } Verplanck’s Point dead[117] Eliza A. Verplanck, } New York. Olivia Verry,[116] Marlborough, Vt.

Juliet Wadsworth, Montreal, L. Can. married[117] Nancy B. Wakeman, Ballstown, N. Y. Zilpha C. Wakeman, Ballstown, N. Y. Catharine L. Webb,[115] Cooperstown, N. Y. married[117] Catharine C. Webb, New York, married[117] Jane Welles,[115] Lowville, N. Y. Frances P. Whittlesey Washington, dau. David & Matilda Whittlesey Mary Ann Wolcott, Litchfield, Hannah H. Wolcott, Litchfield, Patty D. Wood, Onondaga, N. Y. one quarter[118] Phoebe Wood, Montgomery, N. Y. George Goodwin and Sons—printers—Hartford

1819–20.
LIST OF PUPILS. 1819–20.[119]

Eliza Austin.
Emmeline Bebee.
Mary Beecher.
George Beecher.
Harriet Beecher.
Horatio Beers.
Juliett Breasted.
George Buel.
Peter Buel.
Henry Butler.
W^m Bolles.
W^m Clark.
Jane Conard.
Joseph Cooke.
Elizabeth Cooke.
Frances Crugar.
Joseph Darling.
Clarinda Darling.
Ann Dicks.
Helen Ferris.
Mary Deforest.
Hepsy Deforest.
George Gould.
Nancy Grant.
Mary Knapp.
Mary Landon.
Maria Lathrop.
Lucy Lathrop.
Ann Law.
Maria Law.
Harriet Law.
Jane Lewis.
Ashley Lewis.
Louisa Marvin.
Mary Ann Monson.
Matilda Moore.
Elizabeth Newbury.
Caroline S. Orton.
Catharine A. Orton.
Burr Reeve.
Abby Rogers.
Susan Skinner.
Junius Smith.
Kirby Smith.
Frances Smith.
Amanda Smith.
Nancy Smith.
Mary Stevens.
Nancy Stevens.
Jane Stevens.
Caroline Stevens.
Henry Ward.
Edwin Webster.
Maria Winne.
Henry Webb.
Frederic Wolcott.
Betsey Wolcott. (Plate XVII)
Caroline Whitlock.
Mary Whitlock.
Storrs Seymour.
60.
Winter 1819–20.

_1820—winter—the names of the scholars._[120]

Betsey Avery
Jumette Backus
George Beecher
Matilda Ann Brooke
Harriet Buell
Peter W^m Buel
Harriet Coffin
Elizabeth Cooke
Joseph Cooke
Mary Deforest
Helen Ferris
Sarah Gardiner
Julia Gould
George Gould
Irene Hiccox
Ann Jones
Issabella Jones
Esther Williamson
Frederick Wolcott
John Church
Mary Landon
Mary Ann Leavenworth
Jane Lewis
Almira Mills
Abby Rogers
Susan Skinner
Delia Seymour
Kirby Smith
Frances Smith
Caroline Stevens
Theresa Stevens
Martha Tufts
Henry Webb.
Mary Jane Weyman
Abigail Williams
Mary Whitlock
Caroline Williamson
Elizabeth Wolcott
Isaac Beech

1821.

_Summer of 1821–_[120]

Harriet Coffin
Issabella Jones
Irene Hiccox
Mary Landon
George Beecher
Mary Whitlock
Helen Ferris
Harriet Buell
Martha Tufts
Frances Smith
Anna Matilda Brooke
Mary Twining
Abigail Williams
Kirby Smith
Sally Clark
Mary Ann Buel
Delia Seymour
Marana Seymour
Elisabeth Wolcott
Elisabeth Cooke
Joseph P. Cooke
Frederic Wolcott
H. Sophronia Seymour
Selina Seymour
Delia Storrs.
Caroline Whitlock
William Lewis
Ann Butler
Julia Gould
Susan Howe
George Gould
John Church
Caroline Stevens
Cecilia Lyman
Jane Lewis
Margaret Bolles
Harriet Peek
Burr Reeve
Peter Buel
William Clark
Buel H. Deming
Henrietta Jones
Henry Seymour
Fanny Saltonstall
Theresa Stevens
Mary Jane Weyman
Dothee Cutler
Harriet Woodbridge
Henry Ward
Harriot Ward
Martha Denison
Mary Ann Butler

Names of pupils written in a column in lead pencil on the side of a dormer window in Dr. Daniel Sheldon’s attic.

Sarah Gardiner Summer 1821
Frances Ann Brace (Hartford)
Mary Jane Averil
Elizabeth Burr

Frances Ann Brace Summer 1823
Sarah Gardiner[121] (Gardiner’s Island)
Mary Gardiner[122] (Gardiner’s Island)
—— Cooke

Frances Ann Brace Winter 1824
Mary B Gardiner
Julia Cooke
Anna Darling

Julia Cooke Summer 1824
Anna Darling (New Haven)
Mary B Gardiner

Anna C. Darling Winter 1825
Mary B. Gardiner
Mary S. Osborn

Anna C. Darling Summer 1825
Mary B. Gardiner
M. S. Osborn
Julia F Woodbridge (Hartford)
Mary Merriam 18—
M. S. Osborn
Julia F. Woodbridge

Other names illegible.

1822.
LIST OF PUPILS FROM DIARY OF MRS. STONE (MARY L. WILBOR).

Martha Austin Warren Ohio
Mary Jane Averill Hartford Conn.
Mary Ayres
Caroline „
Janet Backus Bridgeport Conn
Epaphro Bacon Litchfield
Frederic „ „
Amelia Benedict Watertown N Y.
Harriet „ „
Frances Ann Brace Hartford Conn
Sally Brown Somers N Y
Harriet Buell Litchfield.
Peter Buell „
Frederic „ „
Mary M. F. Betts East Florida
Abigail Clark Warren Ohio
Samuel Chittenden Litchfield
Sarah Clarke „
William „ „
S. Cleaver „
James Cooke „
James P. „ „
Buel Demming „
Martha D Denison New Haven
Mary Dibble
Sarah Edwards
Pomeroy Edwards
Jane Fayereweather Bridgeport
Emily Grant
Mrs. E. B Goodrich Somers
Sarah Gardener
Mary Hallam Richmond Va.
Janette Humphreys H’s ville
Mary Hubbard Waterville
Elizabeth Homes Boston
Henrietta Jones Litchfield
Mary Lloyd Charleston
Charlotte Orton Richfield N. Y.
Jane „ „
Anna Maria Perkins Warren Ohio
Margaret Potter „
Amos Pettingall Litchfield
Olive Russell Canaan
Burr Reeve Richmond Va.
Mary Ann Shelton Plymouth
Eliza Stevens
Adelia Storrs Mansfield NY.
Mary Street Hartford Conn
Chauncey Smith
Francis „
Lucy Tracy Norwich Conn.
Mary Treat Hartford
Martha Tufts Savannah. Ga
Susan „ „
Mary Worthington Lenox
Sarah „ „
Frederic Woolcott Litchfield
Laura „ „
Samuel Whittlesey
Mary Jane Weyman New York
Mary L Wilbor „
60
1822

[_From The Litchfield Eagle November 25, 1822._]

CATALOGUE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LITCHFIELD FEMALE ACADEMY AT LITCHFIELD
FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 29, 1822.

Martha M. Austin Warren Ohio.
Mary Jane Averill Hartford
Elizabeth Avery Montgomery Ms.
Mary Ayres New Canaan
Caroline C. Ayres do.
Jeanette Backus Bridgeport
Ann Eliza Bassett New York
Louise Bassett do.
Sophronia Beebe Cooperstown N. Y.
Harriet A. Benedict Watertown N. Y.
Amelia C. Benedict do.
Susan Bennett Canaan
Mary F. S. Betts Amelia Isl. E. F.
Abigal W. Boardman Middletown
Frances Ann Brace Hartford
Sarah E. Brested Bloomingro. N. Y.
Ann Matilda Brooke Philadelphia Pa.
Sarah J. Brown Jamestown N. Y.
Harriett Buel Burlington, Vt.
May Ann Butler Northampton Ms.
Caroline Bunce Litchfield
Elizabeth Burr Hartford
Mary Ann Chapman Norfolk Va.
Sarah G. Clarke Litchfield
Abigal Clarke Windham Ohio.
Harriett B. Coffin Wiscassett Maine
Maria Cleaver Litchfield
Martha D. Denison New Haven
Mary A. Dibble Pine Plains N. Y.
Jane Fayerweather Bridgeport
Roxana Foote Hartland
Julia Gould Litchfield
Sarah D. Gardiner Gardiners Island N. Y.
Eudocia B. Goodrich Jamestown N. Y.
Emily Grant Dover N. Y.
Mary D. Hallam Richmond Va.
Mary Hawley Bridgeport
Emiline Hawley do.
Harriet Hollabird Canaan
Elizabeth Holmes Boston Mass.
Maria Howard Pittsfield Mass.
Mary D. Hubbard Champion N. Y.
Jeanette Humphreys Derby
Julia H. Jones Litchfield
Isabella P. Jones Portland Me.
Mary Landon Litchfield
Charlotte Lee Berlin
Ann S. Means Beaufort S. C.
Isabella Means do.
Mary Means do.
Fanny Munson Canaan
Charlotte E. Orton Winfield N. Y.
Jane A. Orton do.
Celeste Parmerlee Litchfield
Ann Maria Perkins Warren Ohio
Sophia Porter Berlin
Maria Porter East Haven
Clarissa Purdy North Haven
Roxana Purdy do.
Olive Russell Salisbury
Fanny C. Saltonstall Litchfield
Henrietta S. Seymour Litchfield
Mary Ann Shelton Plymouth
Frances N. Smith St. Augustine Fla.
Mary Sperry Plattsburg N. Y.
Laura Sterling Sharon
Ann Eliza Stevens Dover N. Y.
Delia S. Storrs Mansfield
Maria Street Cheshire
Lucy H. Tracy Norwich
Clarissa B. Treat Hartford
Martha M. Tufts Savannah Ga.
Susan Tufts do.
Mary P. Twining New Haven
Julia Ward Litchfield
Lucinda Warner Canaan N. Y.
Mary Jane Weyman New York
Caroline E. Whitlock New Haven
Mary L. Wilbor New York
Laura M. Wolcott Litchfield
Mary M. Worthington Lenox Mass.
Sarah Worthington do.

1823.

List of Subscribers, in 1st Vol. “Universal History,” 2nd
Edition Middletown—Printed by Starr & Niles—1823

Zerviah R. Miner, Litchfield, Conn.
Susan Mould, Montgomery, N. Y.
Anna Maria Perkins, Warren, Ohio.
Olive D. Perkins, „ „
Mary Pierce, Salisbury, Conn.
Mary Ann Shelton, Plymouth, „
Mary Sperry, Plattsburgh, N. Y.
Julia Sherrill, New Hartford, N. Y.
Cornelia Sherrill, „ „
Catharine Stoddard, Le Roy, N. Y.
Jane Thompson, Crawford, N. Y.
Abby M. Thompson, New London, Conn.
Mary P. Thompson, „ „
Catharine Webb, Litchfield, Conn.
Caroline E. Whitlocke, New Haven, Conn.
Harriet Woodbridge, Hartford, Conn.
Sarah Woodbridge, „ „
Maria Van Wagner, New Paltz, N. Y.
Keziah Adams, Litchfield, Conn.
Lois Church, Salisbury, Conn.
Mary L. Church, Canfield, Ohio.
Hetty H. Smith, Hartford, Conn.
Esther W. Hall, North Stonnington, Conn.
Henrietta Sophronia Seymour, Litchfield, Conn.
Amelia Selina Seymour, Litchfield, Conn.
Julia C. Trowbridge, „ „
Laura Maria Wolcott, „ „
Joanna W. Williams, North Stonnington, Conn.
Maria M. Austin, Warren, Ohio.
Hannah A. Avery, Groton, Conn.
Ann Eliza Bassett, New York,
Louisa A. Bassett, „ „
Sophronia L. Beebee, Hopewell, N. Y.
Harriet A. Benedict, Watertown N. Y.
Amelia C. Benedict, „ „
Mary M. F. Betts, Amelia Island, East Florida.
Nancy A. Barclay, Crawford, N. Y.
Sarah Ann Boardman, Middletown, Conn.
Frances Ann Brace, Hartford, Conn.
Mary Bradley, Kingston, N. Y.
Abigail L. Clark, Windham, Ohio.
Hannah C. Corning, Troy, N. Y.
Mary M. Crawford, Crawford, N. Y.
Mary B. Gardner, Gardiners Island, N. Y.
Sarah D. Gardner, „ „ „
Ann M. Goodyear, Hamden, Conn.
Mary Ann Greenfield, Middletown, Conn.
Eliza Ann Hills, Hartford, Conn.
Harriet S. Hoadly, „ „
Elizabeth D. Homes, Boston, Mass.
Mary S. Hubbard, Champion, N. Y.
Julia H. Jones, Litchfield, Conn.
Charlotte M. Judson, East Guilford, Conn.
Emily M. Lester, Groton, Conn.
Pervis Eliza Lyon, New Hartford, N. Y.
Tryphemia Merwin, New Milford, Conn.

[_From The Litchfield Eagle November 3, 1823._]

CATALOGUE OF THE LITCHFIELD FEMALE SEMINARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER,
1823.

Keziah Adams Litchfield
Martha M. Austin Warren Ohio
Hannah A. Avery Groton
Nancy Barclay Montgomery N. Y.
Ann Eliza Bassett New York
Louise A. Bassett do
Mary Bassett[123] Dolton N. Y.
Emily Bassett do
Sophronia L. Beebee Hopeville N. Y
Harriett F. Beecher Litchfield
Harriett A. Benedict Watertown N. Y.
Amelia C. Benedict do
Mary M. F. Betts Amelia Isl. Fla.
Sarah A. Boardman Middletown
Frances Ann Brace Hartford
Mary Bradley Kingston N. Y
Mary Brooks Cheshire
Maria Burton Waterbury
Ann Butler Plymouth
Mary S. Church Canfield Ohio
Lois Church Salisbury
Abigal Clarke[124] Windham
Julia M. Cooke Hartford
Hannah C. Corning Troy N. Y.
Mary Crawford Montgomery N. Y.
Mary Deming Litchfield
Dothy Denison Norfolk
Harriett Denison do
Catherine Ely Saybrook
Emeline Flagg Cheshire
Sarah D. Gardiner Gardiners Isl. N. Y.
Mary B. Gardiner do
Emeline Goodwin Salisbury
Ann M. Goodyear New Haven
Julia Gould Litchfield
Mary Ann C. Greenfield Middletown
Mary Ann Harper Norwich N. Y.
Sybil V. Hill Hillsdale N. Y.
Harriett Hoadley do
Elizabeth Holmes Boston
Mary D. Hubbard Champion N. Y.
Esther M. Hull North Stonnington
Fanny Hyde Ellington
Jemimah Hyde do
Julia H. Jones Litchfield
Charlotte M. Judson New Haven
Sarah L. Kingsbury[125] Waterbury
Mira Lathrop Sherburne N. Y.
Emily N. Lester Groton
Maria Y. Lord Boston
Helen Lord do
Perces E. Lyon New Hartford
Triphenia Merwin New Milford
Zerviah R. Miner Litchfield
Susan Mould Montgomery N. Y.
Ann Maria Perkins Warren Ohio
Olive D. Perkins do
Mary Pierce Salisbury
Hannah Reed do
Fanny Saltonstall Litchfield
Henrietta S. Seymour do
Amelia S. Seymour do
Mary Ann Shelton Plymouth
Julia Sherrill New Hartford N. Y.
Caroline Sherrill do
Frances M. Smith St. Augustine Fla.
Hetty Smith Hartford
Susan Smith Hyde Park N. Y.
Ann Eliza Stevens Dover N. Y.
Mary Sperry Plattsburg N. Y.
Catherine E. Stoddard Leroy N. Y.
Nancy M. Stone Great Barrington Mass.
Maria C. Street Cheshire
Abby M. Thompson New London
Mary P. Thompson do
Jane Thompson Montgomery N. Y.
Harriett Tousey Newtown
Julia F. Tracy Troy N. Y.
Julia Trowbridge Litchfield
Mary Jane Weyman New York
Maria Van Wagener New Paltz N. Y.
Catherine Webb[126] Litchfield
Caroline C. Whitlock New Haven
Joanna M. Williams North Stonnington
Laura M. Wolcott Litchfield
Harriett Woodbridge Hartford
Sarah Woodbridge do

1825.

From printed catalogue of the Litchfield Female School for the year ending November 1st. Probably 1825.

Miss Sarah Pierce Principals.
John P. Brace. „
Mrs. L. E. Brace. Assistant.
Miss Mary W. Peck. Teacher of Drawing.
George R. Herbert. Teacher of Music.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────
Kezia H. Adams. Litchfield.
Catharine M. Adams. Fishkill:, N. Y.
Mary C. Adams. „ „
Melissa B. Adams. Fabius. „
Helen M. Aikin. Quaker Hill „
Mary Ann Annin. Fishkill. „
Mary Armstrong. Kingston U. C.
Elenor Armstrong. „ „
Julia Arnold. New Marlborough. Mass.
Emily Bailey. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Rachel B. Baldwin. Litchfield.
Martha R. Bartlett. Kingston U. C.
Ann. Eliza. Bassett. New York City.
Lousia A. Bassett, „
Sarah B. Beach, Hartford,
Sophronia L. Beebee, Cooperstown, N. Y.
Frances E. Beecher, Lancaster, Ohio.
Lucy Belden, Amenia, N. Y.
Eliza L. Beman, Troy.
Harriet A. Benedict, Watertown.
Amelia C. Benedict, „ „
Cornelia M. Bennett, Litchfield.
Margaret C. Best, Kinderhook, N. Y.
Elizabeth C. Bloodgood, Litchfield.
Catharine S. Bronk, Coxsackie, N. Y.
Almira H. Brooks, Norwich, N. Y.
Martha A. Buckley, Pleasant Valley, „
Lois. Ann. Buel, Litchfield,
Elizabeth C. Bull, Hartford.
Martha Bull, „
Caroline M. Bunce, Litchfield.
Avis Catlin, „
Harriet M. Clarke, Clinton N. Y.
Margaret Clarke, St. Mary’s, Gens
Isabella Conkling, Rensselaerville N. Y.
Abigail Conkling, „ „
Rebecca H. Cooke, Providence, R. I.
Mary Ann Delafield, New York City.
Frances B. Deming, Litchfield.
Mary G. Deming, „
Anna. Charlotte Dering, Sag Harbor, N. Y.
Agnes. R. Dougall, Kingston U. C.
Mary B. Gardiner, Gardiners Island. N. Y.
Maria Goodrich, Hampton, „
Julia Hempstead, Hartford,
Rhoda. Ann. Hills, Goshen,
Mary Hotchkiss, New. Haven.
Mary B. Howell, Newburgh. N. Y.
Delia Hoyt, New. Haven, Vt.
Julia Ann Hubbell, Champlain N. Y.
Eliza Hyde, Cattskill N. Y.
Ann Eliza Jackson,[127] New York City.
Sarah. A. Keeler, „
Maria A. Kellogg, Troy. N. Y.
Mary Ketcham, Amenia.
Eliza Kilbourne, Glastenbury.
Elizabeth Leavitt, New. York City.
Mary K. Lewis, Litchfield.
Frances. E. Lothrop, Utica. N. Y.
Maria T. Lord, Boston. Mass.
Helen L. Lord, „ „
Harriet M. Lyman, Norwich, „
Catharine S Lupton, Montgomery, N. Y.
Mary M. Merwin, Cleveland, Ohio.
Zerviah. R. Miner, Litchfield.
Henrietta S. Mumford,[128] Cayuga, N. Y.
Sarah Newcomb, Pleasant Valley „
Mary S. Osborne, Sagharbour.
Celeste Parmelee. Litchfield.
Almira J. Patridge. Norwich Vt.
Elizabeth E. Penny,[129] New York City,
Minerva Pierpont, Plymouth.
Mary S. Porter, Hartford.
Hannah H. Potter, Beekmantown. N. Y.
Joanna R. Prentiss, St Albans Vt.
Frances C. Saltonstall, Litchfield.
Juliana Schultz, Newburgh, N. Y.
Jane A. Seymore, Litchfield.
Maria S. Seymore. „
Eleanora. Seymore. Troy. N. Y.
Elizabeth Sherwood, Fishkill.
Frences. P. Skinner, Manchester Vt.
Delia M. Smith, Detroit. Mich.
Amy Ann. Smith, Kingston U. C.
Lucy M. Strong, Rutland. Vt.
Agnes. H. Strong, „ „
Mary S. Taylor,[130] New. Milford
Sophia Taylor,[131] „
Lydia Ann Thomas, Utica N. Y.
Margaret C. Toffey, Quaker Hill „
Julia C. Trowbridge,[132] Litchfield.
Helen. A. Twining, New. Haven.
Elsie Van Dyck. Coxsackie, N. Y.
Mary Van Kleeck, Poughkeepsie „
Maria Van Wagenen, New. Pulty. „
Mary. Ann, Wadsworth, Litchfield.
Frances. E. Ward, Hartford,
Catharine M. Webb,[133] Litchfield.
Abbie A. Welles, Lowville. N. Y.
Mary Winchester, Amenia. „
Laura M. Wolcott, Litchfield.
Frances W. Wood, Stamford.
Harriet Woodbridge, Hartford.
Sarah. Woodbridge. „
Juliada T. Woodbridge. Detroit Mich.
Lucy M Woodruff. Litchfield.

MARRIAGES.

Kezia H. Adams. m. Henry Rogers, Buffalo, N. Y.

Julia Arnold m. Heman Childs, Litchfield, Goshen road. lived on the corner of the East Goshen and first cross roads

Rachel B. Baldwin m. Nathaniel Winship, Harwinton, Conn.

Cornelia M. Bennett m. Algernon S. Lewis M. D. Litchfield.

Elizabeth Bloodgood moved to and died in Michigan.

Mary Ann Delafield m. Cornelius Du Bois. New York City.

Mary G. Deming m. Sydney Green. Brooklyn. L. I.

Ann Eliza Jackson m. Mr. Armstrong,

Henrietta S. Mumford, m. Charles Gould, New York City

Elizabeth E. Penny, m. Dr. Peter Buel

Jane A. Seymore, m. Josiah E. Beckwith. M. D.

Maria S. Seymore, m. Rollin Sanford

Julia C. Trowbridge m. —— Mansfield

Helen A. Twining m. —— Magill, Amherst, Mass.

Catharine Webb m. Roswell Ward. Hartford

Laura M. Wolcott m. Robert. Rankin. Newark. N. J.

Lucy M. Woodruff m. Origen S. Seymore, Litchfield

CATALOGUE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LITCHFIELD FEMALE SCHOOL, FOR THE YEAR
ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 1826.