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Abigail Peters Treat
Other Name:
Abigail Thompson Peters
Gender:
Female
Born:
May 29, 1805
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Hartford, CT
Marriage(s):
Selah B. Treat (December 25, 1827)
Biographical Notes:
Abigail Peters Treat was born May 29, 1805 to John and Elizabeth Peters of Hartford, Connecticut. in 1819 Abigail and her sister Mary attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. Several years after completing her studies she married Selah B. Treat on December 25, 1827. Selah was an accomplished scholar and during his lifetime worked as a lawyer, editor, and minister. After their marrie he and Abigail had seven children.
Education
Years at LFA:
1819
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Selah B. Treat
Husband
LLS (1825) - Mary A. Peters
Sister
LFA (1819) - Elizabeth Caulkins Peters
Mother - John Thompson Peters
Father
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
1819 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
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