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Louisa Lewis Phelps


Other Name:
Louis C. Lewis
Gender:
Female
Born:
November 7, 1802
Died:
1889
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Marriage(s):
Henry Phelps (September 16, 1829)
Biographical Notes:
Born November 7, 1802, Louisa Lewis Phelps was the daughter of Luke and Mary Root Lewis of Litchfield, Connecticut. From 1814-1819 Louisa studied in her hometown at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy, as several of her siblings did as well. Several years later she marrieid Henry Phelps on September 16, 1829. She passed away in 1889.
Additional Notes:
Primary sources for Louisa Lewis Phelps include an autograph album located in the Litchfield Female Academy collection, Series 2: Student Papers, Records, and Documents, Folder 75.

Education
Years at LFA:
1814-1819


Related Objects and Documents
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:
Louisa Lewis kept an album while attending the LFA (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).

"Rules for the School and Family" and Names of the Young Ladies belonging to Miss Pierce's School in the Summer of 1814 (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).

1816 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).

"Catalogue of the Ladies Academy in Litchfield" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).

1819 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).

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