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Prudence Morrison Rapalje
Other Name:
Prudence Morrison
Gender:
Female
Born:
November 1, 1801
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Montgomery, NY
Later Residences:
Montgomery, NY
Marriage(s):
Stephen Rapalje (1820)
Biographical Notes:
On November 1, 1801 Prudence Morrison Rapalje was born to Hamilton Moore Morrison and his wife Lydia. In 1819 Prudence and her sister Lydia travelled from her hometown of Montgomery, New York to Litchfield, Connecticut where they studied at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. The following year she married Stephen Rapalje. During their marriage Stephen was active in the underground railroad in Montgomery.
Education
Years at LFA:
1819
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Lydia Morrison Stewart
Sister
LFA (1819) - Stephen Rapalje
Husband - Lydia Beamer Morrison
Mother - Hamilton Moore Morrison
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:
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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