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Augusta Mehetable Hawley
Gender:
Female
Born:
November 18, 1810
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Monroe, CT
Biographical Notes:
Augusta Mehetable Hawley, daugher of Elisha and Nancy Blackman Hawley of Monroe, Connecticut, was born November 18, 1810. In 1830 Augusta studied at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. No other information is known about her life at this time.
Education
Years at LFA:
1830
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Nancy Blackman Hawley
Mother - Elisha Hawley
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:
Augusta wrote an inscription and signed her name in Jane Wadhams's autograph album while attending the Litchfield Female Academy (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
"Catalogue of the Litchfield Academy … 1830" (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
"Catalogue of the Litchfield Academy … 1830" (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
Secondary Sources:
Hawley, Elias Sill. The Hawley Record. Buffalo, NY: E.H. Hutchinson, 1890.
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