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Elizabeth Edwards
Gender:
Female
Born:
October 20, 1770
Died:
July 12, 1855
Home Town:
Northampton, MA
Biographical Notes:
Born October 20, 1770 in Northampton, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Edwards, either attended or taught at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in 1815. Her father Timothy Edwards, a 1757 graduate of the College of New Jersey, obviously valued education when he sent his daughter to Litchfield, Connecticut. Little else is known about Elizabeth's life until her death on July 25, 1738.
Education
Years at LFA:
1815
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Rhoda Ogden Edwards
Mother - Mary Edwards Whiting
Sister
LFA (c.1790-1799) - Timothy Edwards
Father
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:
"Chronicles of a Pioneer School", 1903-1906 scrapbook (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
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