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Julia Hempstead Douglas
Other Name:
Julia Hempstead
Gender:
Female
Born:
April 28, 1809
Died:
January 22, 1869
Home Town:
Hartford, CT
Marriage(s):
Earl Douglas (May 27, 1827)
Biographical Notes:
Julia Hempstead Douglas of Hartford, Connecticut attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1824 and 1825. The daughter of Josiah and Mary Hempstead, Julia was born April 28, 1809. On May 27, 1827 she married Earl Douglas of New London, Connecticut. Julia passed away on January 22, 1869.
Education
Years at LFA:
1824-1825
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Earl Douglas
Husband - Mary Hempstead
Mother - Josiah Hempstead
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:
1824 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1825 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1825 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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