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Tryphenia Merwin Platt
Other Name:
Tryphenia Merwin
Gender:
Female
Born:
May 4, 1806
Died:
June 2, 1870
Home Town:
New Milford, CT
Marriage(s):
Marshall Smith Platt (March 20, 1825)
Biographical Notes:
Tryphenia Merwin Platt, born May 4, 1806, was the daughter of Orange and Tryphena Warner Merwin of New Milford, Connecticut. In 1823 Tryphenia received a formal education in Litchfield at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy, as her sister Caroline had done before her. Two years after completing her studies in Litchfield Tryphenia married Marshall Smith Platt, and the couple went on to have eight children during their marriage. On June 2, 1870, at the age of 64 Tryphenia passed away.
Education
Years at LFA:
1823
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Caroline Merwin Sanford
Sister
LFA (1816) - Marshall Smith Platt
Husband - Harriet Merwin
Sister
LFA (1826) - Tryphena Warner Merwin
Mother - Orange Merwin
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:
1823 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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