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Nancy Hale
Gender:
Female
Born:
April 11, 1785
Died:
March 19, 1808
Home Town:
Glastonbury, CT
Biographical Notes:
Nancy Hale, daughter of Gideon and Anna Case Hale, of Glastonbury, Connecticut, was born April 11, 1785. In 1802, around the age of seventeen, she studied at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. Nancy passed away March 19, 1808.
Additional Notes:
Primary resources for Nancy Hale include a transcript of a letter, located in the Litchfield Female Academy collection, Series 2: Student Papers, Documents, and Records, Folder 54.
Education
Years at LFA:
1802
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Anna Case Hale
Mother - Gideon Hale
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:
Nancy is listed as a fellow student in Maryann Bacon's 1802 Journal (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
1802 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Letter, Nancy Hale to Hannah Hale, September 1802 (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
1802 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Letter, Nancy Hale to Hannah Hale, September 1802 (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
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