Henry guy gould
Henry Guy Gould Photograph

Henry Guy Gould

Gender:
Male
Born:
September 16, 1801
Died:
June 25, 1875
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Biographical Notes:
Henry Guy Gould was the son of Judge James Gould, lecturer at the Litchfield Law School, and his wife Sally Tracy Gould. Born in Lithfield, Connecticut on September 16, 1801, Henry attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1818. Little else is known about his life until his death on June 25, 1875.
Education
Years at LFA:
1818
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
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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 Litchfied" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy).

Transcription of "Jephthah's Daughter" a play written by Sarah Pierce. The students who acted in the play are listed - H. Gould played Elizaphan (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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