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Frances Wilkin
Gender:
Female
Born:
September 1, 1802
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Goshen, NY
Biographical Notes:
Frances Wilkin, daughter of James Whitney Wilkin and his wife Hannah Townsend Wilkin, was born September 1, 1802. In 1818 Frances traveled from her hometown of Goshen, New York to study in Litchfield, Connecticut at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. No other information is known about her life at this time.
Education
Years at LFA:
1818
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Hannah Townsend Wilkin
Mother - James Whitney Wilkin
Father
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).
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