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Harriet M. Lyman
Gender:
Female
Born:
Unknown
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Norwich, MA
Biographical Notes:
From 1825-1826 Harriet M. Lyman of Norwich, Massachusetts attended the Litchfield Female Academy.
Quotes:
“… Harriet has gone to Litchfield, where she will have the benefit of Mr. Brace’s instruction for a year, unless she goes to you in the spring. The school there is much better than any we have here; the situation otherwise may not be as good.” - Anne Jean Lyman to Abby Lyman Greene, 14 December 1823 (Lesley, Susan I. Recollections of My Mother. Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 1886).
Education
Years at LFA:
1825-1826
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:
1825 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Secondary Sources:
Lesley, Susan I. Recollections of My Mother. Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 1886.
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