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Venelia Fitch
Gender:
Female
Born:
December 13, 1807
Died:
November 24, 1867
Home Town:
Coxsackie, NY
Biographical Notes:
Venelia Fitch was the daughter of businessman Simeon Fitch of Coxsackie, New York, and his wife Lydia Reed Fitch. Born on December 13, 1807, Venelia was one of nine children. In 1826 she attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. Little else is known about her life.
Education
Years at LFA:
1826
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Lydia Reed Fitch
Mother - Simeon Fitch
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:
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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