Eliza Mulford Townsend
Other Name:
Eliza Ann Mulford
Gender:
Female
Born:
November 26, 1798
Died:
January 3, 1881
Home Town:
New Haven, CT
Marriage(s):
William Kneeland Townsend (December 3, 1820)
Biographical Notes:
Prior to attending the Litchfield Female Academy, she attended the Rev. Claus Herrick's female school in New Haven, CT in 1812-1813. (LTB 618)
Education
Years at LFA:
1809,1814
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- William Kneeland Townsend
Husband - Nancy Mulford Robinson
Sister
LFA (1814) - Henry/Hervy Mulford
Father - Nancy Bradley Mulford (1778-1841)
Mother
LFA (pre-1809)
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 of the School and Family" and Names of the Young Ladies belonging to Miss Pierce's School in the Summer of 1814 (Litchfield Historical Society)
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