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Abigail Goodrich Blackman

Other Name:
Abigail Goodrich
Gender:
Female
Born:
1799
Died:
February 21, 1874
Home Town:
Amenia, NY
Marriage(s):
Ebenezer Blackman (April 18, 1822)
Biographical Notes:
Abigail Goodrich Blackman of Amenia, New York, was the daughter Ethan and Abigial Goodrich. In 1818 she traveled to Litchfield, Connecticut where she was educated at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. A few years after completing her studies Abigail married politician Ebenezer Blackman of Brookfield, Connecticut. Abigial and Ebenezer spent their life residing in Brookfield, and had five chilren.
Education
Years at LFA:
1818
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
help 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:
"Catalogue of the Ladies Academy in Litchfield" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).

"A Goodrich" is mentioned in Myra Coleman's 1818 journal. This entry may refer to Abigail Goodrich Blackman (Connecticut Historical Society - Litchfield area family papers, 1794-1860).
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