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The 19C Picnic
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1816-1818 Eliza Ogden's Journal Written while at Litchfield Female Academy
1816-1818 Eliza A. Ogden's Journal BookLitchfield Female Seminary in ConnecticutJuly I8, 1816, I arrived at Litchfield the 3rd of July. I went to Mrs Bull's to board. The next day I went to school in...
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1822 Diary of 16-year-old Mary L. Wilbor at Litchfield Female Academy
1822 Diary of 16-year old MARY L. WILBOR at Litchfield Female Academy Litchfield Female Academy in ConnecticutLitchfield May 28th, 1822 Went this morning to visit the remains of the once lovely and...
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1816 - Catherine Cebra Webb writes a Remembrance of Litchfield Female Academy
.Catherine Cebra Webb at the 1816 Litchfield Female Academy The Litchfield Female Academy in ConnecticutCatherine Cebra Webb was born at 84 Beekman Street, New York City, January 25, 1801. She was the...
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Croquet in the Garden Comes to America
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Sarah Pierce 1767-1852 Founder of The Litchfield Female Academy of Connecticut
A History of the Litchfield Female AcademySarah Pierce, born in 1767, was the 5th child and 4th daughter of Litchfield, Connecticut, farmer and potter John Pierce and his wife Mary Paterson. Sarah’s...
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1814 Rules for The Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut
Rules for the Girls at The Litchfield Female AcademyRULES FOR THE SCHOOL AND FAMILY. [Copied by Eliza Ann Mulford in 1814.] It is expected that every young Lady who attends this School will be careful...
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1821 Rules of the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut
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1825 Rules of Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut
Litchfield Female Seminary in Connecticut1st. You are expected to rise early, be dressed neatly and to exercise before breakfast . You are to retire to rest when the family in which you reside request...
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1815 Caroline Chester, age 15, writes of life at the Litchfield Female Academy
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1820 Jane Lewis's Journal writes of life at Litchfield Female Academy
Jane Lewis' Journal for the summer of 1820.Litchfield Female Seminary in ConnecticutSunday morning Mr. Beecher preached from Gen. 7th Chap. 1st & 5th, "And the Lord said unto Noah, come thou, and...
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Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman 1812-1915
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Sojourner Truth's (c 1791-1883) Early Life
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth as told to Olive Gilbert 1850The Early Life of Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth, Isabella Baumfree, (c 1791-1883) HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. THE subject of this biography,...
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1836 Journal of African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Do colored...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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1836 Journal of African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Back to...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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1836 Journal of African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - "A...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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1836 Journal of African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Preaching...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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1836 Journal of African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Preaching...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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1836 Journal of African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Rejected...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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1836 Journal of African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Preaching...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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