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Maria Hunt Adam
Other Name:
Maria Hunt
Gender:
Female
Born:
August 16, 1797
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Canaan, CT
Marriage(s):
John Adam (December 24, 1834)
Biographical Notes:
Maria Hunt was born in Canaan, Connecticut on August 16, 1797. Maria traveled to Litchfield, Connecticut in 1814 where she was educated at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. On December 24, 1834 she was wed to John Adam as his second wife. He had married Emma Brown in 1790, whom he had one daughter with before her death. Little else is known about Maria's life.
Education
Years at LFA:
1814
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- John Adam
Husband
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:
"Rules for the School and Home" and Names of the Young Ladies belonging to Miss Pierce's School in the Summer of 1814 (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
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