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Mary P. Butler
Gender:
Female
Born:
Unknown
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Plymouth, CT
Biographical Notes:
Mary P. Butler was, it is believed, the daughter of Calvin Butler and Mordanna Butler from Plymouth, Connecticut. Mary attedned the Litchfield Female Academy in 1819.
Education
Years at LFA:
1819
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Nancy Butler
Sister
LFA (1819) - Ann Butler
Sister
LFA (1821,1823) - Calvin Butler
Father - Mordanna Phelps Butler
Mother
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
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:
Mary wrote an inscription and signed her name in Adeline Mitchell's 2810 album that she kept while attending the Female Academy (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
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).
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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