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Harriet J. Smith
Gender:
Female
Born:
June 30, 1812
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Torrington, CT
Biographical Notes:
On June 30, 1812 Harriet J. Smith was born to Nathaniel and Harriet Winchell Smith of Torrington, Connecticut. Nathaniel had studied law in Litchfield as a young man, and in 1830 he sent his daughter Harriet to Litchfield to study at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy.
Education
Years at LFA:
1830
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Harriet Winchell Smith
Mother - Nathaniel Smith
Father
LLS (1786)
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:
Harriet wrote an inscription and signed her name in Jane Wadhams autograph album while attending the Litchfield Female Academy (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
"Catalogue of the Litchfield Academy … 1830" (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
"Catalogue of the Litchfield Academy … 1830" (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
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