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Marietta Smith
Gender:
Female
Born:
July 18, 1806
Died:
1889
Home Town:
Derby, CT
Biographical Notes:
Marietta Smith was born July 18, 1806. She was the daughter of James and Gloriana Shelton Smith of Derby, Connecticut. In 1818 and 1819 Marietta attended the Litchfield Female Academy. Nothing else is known about her life until her death in 1889.
Education
Years at LFA:
1818-1819
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- James Smith.
Father - Gloriana Shelton Smith
Mother
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:
"Catalogue of the Ladies Academy in Litchfield" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
Secondary Sources:
Shelton, Jane DeForest. The Salt Box House: Eighteenth Century Life in a New England Hill Town. New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1900.
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