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Margaret Dwight
Gender:
Female
Born:
April 14, 1804
Died:
September 5, 1845
Home Town:
Stockbridge, MA
Biographical Notes:
Margaret Dwight was born on April 14, 1804 to Josiah Dwight Jr. and Rhoda Edwards Dwight of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Margaret is believed to have attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1814. Margaret was the head of the Gothic Seminary in Northampton, Massachusetts from 1820 to 1845. She died on Septmeber 5, 1845.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Educator
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Josiah Dwight, Jr.
Father - Rhoda Edwards Dwight
Mother
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:
John Pierce Brace Private Journal, 1814 (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
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