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Henrietta Wilmerding Tracy
Other Name:
Henrietta Magdalena Wilmerding
Gender:
Female
Born:
November 7, 1788
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
New York, NY
Marriage(s):
Felix Tracy (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Author Henrietta Wilmerding Tracy was born November 7, 1788. In 1802 Henrietta's parents, Christian and Catherine Wilmerding, sent her to Litchfield, Connecticut to study at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. She later married a man named Felix Tracy.
Education
Years at LFA:
1802
Profession / Service
Profession:
Arts
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Elizabeth Wilmerding Bradhurst
Sister
LFA (1802) - Felix Tracy
Husband - Catherine Van Walkenhahn Wilmerding
Mother - Christian William Wilmerding
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:
Maryann Bacon lists "Two Wilmerding" as fellow students in her 1802 Journal (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
1802 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1802 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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