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Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833

INDEX

Reading edition

Abbe, Alanson, 261

——, Sophronia, 430, 431

Abbey, Dr., 301

Abernethy, Mary, 426

Adams, —— (m. Elizabeth Goodwin), 436

——, Mrs., senior, 68

——, Mr., 44, 70, 345

——, Mrs., 46, 53, 67, 68, 69, 385

——, Miss, 169

——, Abigail, 431

——, Alinda, 405

——, Andrew, 66

——, Catharine M., 420

——, Charles, 268, 442

——, Cornelia Davis (m. Dr. Tomlinson), 48, 53, 67, 395, 396

——, Elijah, 20

Adam(s), Eliza (m. Philo C. Sedgwick), 428, 430, 431, 433, 436, 437, 438

——, Jane, 438, 439

Adams, John, 315

——, Joseph, 385

——, Julia (m. John Cake), 423, 428, 430, 431, 433, 436

——, Keziah H. (m. Henry Rogers), 416, 417, 420, 423

——, Lucy, 428

——, Maria Davis (m. Henry Tallmadge), 46, 53, 301, 396, 443

——, Mary C., 405, 420

——, Melissa B., 420

——, William, 430

Addis, Mary (Mrs. Churchill), 298

——, Emily, 237, 298

Aerial Phaeton, The, 34

Aikin, Helen M., 420

Akins, Rebecca, 440

Alderman, Mary K. (m. Dr. Lee), 423

Allen, John, 20, 44, 55, 369

——, Mrs. John, 50

Alotine, Mr., 350

Ames, Sarah S., 405

Andrews, Sarah, 433

Annin, Mary Ann, 420

Anthony, Ann, 398

Arden, Sarah M., 402, 405

Armour, Mr., 70

Armstrong, ——, 423

——, Amzi, 425

——, Elinor, 420, 423

——, Mary, 420, 423

Arnold, Julia (m. Heman Childs), 420, 423

Ashley, ——, 7

Astor, George, 49

——, John Jacob, 49

Atwater, Athalia, 399

——, Caroline, 400

——, Charlotte, 443

Atwell, Dinah, 298

Austin, ——, 442

Austin, Mr., 207

——, Miss, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240

Austen, Amanda, 443

Austin, Clarinda, 53, 57

——, Eliza, 409

——, M., 237

——, Maria M., 416

——, Martha M., 412, 413, 417

Averill, Miss, 234, 235

——, Eliza J., 423, 428

——, Mary Jane, 411, 412, 413

——, Marcia, 400

Avery, Elisa, 442

——, Elizabeth (Betsey), 359, 410, 413

——, Hannah A., 416, 417

——, Phebe Augustus Ely, 444, footnote

Ayers, Clarissa, 404, 405

Ayres, Miss, 162

——, Caroline C., 412, 414

——, Mary, 412, 414

Backus, Dr. and Mrs., 61

——, Parson, 385

——, Frederick, 61

——, Jeanette (Janet), 410, 412, 414

——, Wealthy A. (m. Claude Brent), 399, 400

Bacon, ——, 207, 443

——, Daniel, 200

——, Elizabeth E. (m. Henry Colt), 430

——, Epaphroditus, 412, 442

——, Frances, 430, 431

Bacon, Francis (m. Elizabeth Dutcher), 435, 437

——, Frederic, 412

——, Frederick Asa, 335

——, Julia, 200

——, Laury, 69, 395

——, Mary Ann (m. Chauncey Whittlesey), her journal (1802), 66–71; a composition, 71, 72; upon education, 72; upon drawing, 72; upon music, 73; upon dancing, 73; upon vain pleasures, 74; upon dress, 75, 76; poems copied in diary, 76–79; “Jefferson and Liberty,” 77–79; list of pupils in journal, 395; studies mentioned in diary, 395

——, William, 59

Bailey, Mrs., 191

——, Emily, 420

——, May, 191

Baker, Mr., 189

——, Harriet, 167, 402, 405

Baldwin, Captain, 354

——, Rev. Mr., 223

——, Eben, 63

——, Isaac, Jr., 20

——, Lucy, 428

——, Miss M., 57

——, Rachel B. (m. Nathaniel Winship), 420, 423

Balford, Captain, 373

Ball, Maria, 400

Bantam Lake, 32, 33, 42, 201, 234, 237, 272–281; poem, “The Bantam,” 230; poem by J. P. Brace, 243, 254

Bantam Indians, The, 180

Barber, Betsey Ann (m. Belton Copp), 443

——, Joseph, 81, 397, 402

——, Noyes, 443

Barclay, Nancy A., 417

Bard, Dr., 326, 327, 339, 366, 368

——, Ann (wife of Col. John Pierce), 4, 339, 448

Bardwell, Eliza, 423, 426

Barnes, Hiram, Hiel Jones, 21, 22, 31, 238, 262,298

Bartlett, Martha R., 420, 423

452Bassett, Ann Eliza, 414, 416, 417, 420, 442

——, Emily, 417

——, Louisa Ann, 414, 416, 417, 420, 442

——, Mary, 417

Bates, Ann, 405

Battell, Philip, 292

——, Robbins, 292

Beach, Rev. Mr., 330, 352

——, Hannah (m. Edgar S. Van Winkle), 297, 332, 426, 428, 430, 431, 433, 436, 439

——, K., 194

——, Sarah B., 420

——, Theron, 43, 322, 323, 332; see also Sheldon, Lucy Beardsley, Mrs., 10, 11

——, Sally, 11

——, Stella, 11

Beckwith, Elizabeth G., 295

——, Dr. George S., 295

——, Josiah E., M.D., 423

——, Dr. Josiah G., 268, 295, 296, footnote; reminiscences, 292–295

Beckwith, Sarah Hunt, 295

Bedford, Harriet, 399

Beebe, Miss, 237

——, Eliza (m. Dr. John Russell), 423

——, Emmeline (Canaan, Conn.), 150, 402, 405, 409

——, Emmeline, Cooperstown, N. Y., 405

——, Harriet M., 433

——, Rebecca (m. Alexander Howard), 443

——, Sophronia L., 414, 416, 417, 420

Beech, Isaac, 410

Beecher, Rev. Dr. Lyman, 28, 41, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151, 161, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 175, 179–180, 188, 189, 191, 194, 201, 205, 221, 223, 224, 225, 234, 236, 239, 287, 290, 322, 335, 417, footnote; description of Niagara Falls, 226–229

——, Miss, 152, 153, 162

——, Mrs., 183

——, Catherine, 119, 148, 149, 179, 180, 235, 241, 286, 399, 400, 417, footnote; verses on the marriage of two friends, 183–187; verse “On a Gingerbread Man,” 188; poem, “The Indian’s Lament,” 244; poem in Mary Peck’s Album, 250–251

——, Charles, 41

——, Eliza, 440

——, Esther, 443

——, Frances E., 420, 423

——, George, 181, 409, 410

——, Harriett F. (Mrs. Stowe), 409, 417, 443; extracts from Life of, 180–183

Beecher, Henry Ward, 21, 28, 241, 287, 443; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 245

“Beecher Homestead” the, 299

——, M., 100, 446

——, Mary F., 241, 405, 409

——, Roxana, 84

——, William, 443

Beeckman, Charlotte, 405

Beers, Henrietta, 318

——, Horatio, 409, 442

——, Julia M., 318, 433, 437, 438, 439, 440

——, Mary Ann, 203

——, Hon. Seth P., 262, 267, 433

Belden, Lucy, 420

Bellamy, Parson, 203

——, Betsy, 192, 193

Beman, Eliza L., 270, 420, 423, 427, 428

Benedict, ——, 200, 207

——, Amelia C., 412, 414, 416, 418, 420

——, Andrew, 262, 430

——, Eliza, 433

——, Emily (m. —— North), 427, 428, 431, 433, 436

——, Harriet A., 412, 414, 416, 418, 420

——, Ruth R., 400, 402, 405

Bennet, Susan, 442

Bennett, C. G., 262

——, Cornelia M. (m. Algernon S. Lewis, M.D.), 420, 423, 424

——, Mary, 428, 430, 431

——, Susan, 414

Benton, Eliza S., 398

Best, Margaret C., 420

Betts, Mary M. F., 237, 238, 240, 412, 414, 417, 418

Bevier, Hilah, 398

Bird, Ruth (m. John Paterson), 4, 448

——, Susan, 15

Birdsall, Mary, 398

Bishop, Louisa H. (m. Enos B. M. Hughes), 443

——, Louisa W., 241

——, Mary Huggins (m. Lewis Tabier Huger), 241, 443

——, Samuel, 443

——, Sarah A. (m. —— Thorne), 443

Bissell, ——, 295

Bissel, Miss, 396

Bissell, Caroline E. (m. John B. Bogart), 433, 436

——, Catherine M. (m. —— Hoyt), 433, 436, 437, 438

——, Elizabeth, 438, 439, 440

——, Henry, 437

——, John, 442

——, Mrs. L. P., 288

——, Mary, 440

——, Zebulon, 4

Blackwell, Julia, 397

Blair, Sophia, 431

Blake, Maria, 402, 405

Blakeslee, Abigail, 399

Blanch, Euphemia F., 403, 405

Blauvelt, Catherine, 403

——, Elenor C., 446

Bloodgood, Mr., 353

——, Elizabeth C., 420, 423, 428, 430

Blucher, Mrs., 347

Blynn, Maria, 428

Boardman (Broadman), ——, 61

——, —— (m. Maria Lord), 436

——, Abigal W., 414

——, Caroline M., 403, 405

——, Mary A., 424, 440

——, Sarah Ann, 417, 418

Boekee, Catherine, 428

Bogart, John B., 436

Boland, Caroline, 428, 431

Bolles, Margaret, 405, 411

——, Samuel P., 261, 268

——, William, 409

——. See Stone & Bolles, 262

Bomford, Louisa S., 427, 428, 430, 431

Booth, Miss, 193

——, Lidia, 400

Borland, Dorothea W., 399

Bostwick, —— (m. Elizabeth Parks), 436

——, Laura A. (m. Samuel Wilman), 424

——, William B., 425

Bosworth, Miss, 44

Boughton, Julia, 400

Boyd, Elizabeth, 431

——, Eunice, 431

——, Mary, 443

——, Matilda, 431, 433, 440

——, Sarah C., 439, 440

Bowles, Mr., 13

Bowne, Eliza Southgate, 38

Brace, Miss, 234, 235

——, Ann Pierce, 119, 371, 399, 400

——, Charles, 318, 319

——, Emma, 318, 320

——, Frances Ann, 411, 412, 414, 417, 418

——, Isabella, 319

——, James, 5

——, James (son of J. P. Brace), 319

——, John Pierce, 6, 7, 15, 26, 149, 152, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 185, 188, 223, 224, 231, 234, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241, 259, 262, 264, 265, 270, 271, 286, 287, 288, 290, 294, 296, 300, 313, 320, 323, 324, 325, 420, 433, 435, 448; poems by, 156–160; poem “The Bantam,” 230, 243; poem on the death of Miss Helen Peck, 253; poem “Bantam! dear lake!” 254; 453principal of Female Seminary in Hartford, Conn., 266; an Indian ballad, 272–281; farewell address, 303–307; extract from address at Hartford, 308–310

Brace, Lucy E., 241, 300, 420

——, Mary, 26, 239, 287, 318, 319

——, Mary E., 437, 438, 439, 440

——, Sarah P., 439

——, Seth P., 433

——, Susan, 438, 439

——, Mrs. Susan (mother of J. P. Brace), 294, 321

Brace house, the, 31

Bradley, Mr., 152

——, Abbey, 400

——, Amanda, 400

——, Charlotte, 400

——, Clarissa H., 427

——, Hannah, 398

——, Mary, 417, 418

Brainard, Miss, 395

Braman & Kilbourne, 24

Branard, Jarusha, 396

Breascard, Mary, 381

Breasted, Juliett, 409

Brested, Sarah E., 414

Breasted, Susan, 442

Breck, Harriet, 403, 405

Brent, Claude, 399, footnote

Brewster, Mary Ann, 431, 433

Brinton, John, 200

Brisbane, Mrs., 330

Bristol, Mr., 198

Bro(a)dhead, Eliza, 402, 405

Bronk, Catharine S., 420, 424

Bronson, F., 241

——, Marcia (?m. Judge John Kingsbury), 443

Brooke, Anna Matilda, 410, 414

Brooks, Almira H., 420

——, Mary, 418

Brown, Mr., 167

——, Amanda E. (m. —— Patmore), 424, 428, 433, 436

——, Catherine, 440

——, Daniel, 390

——, Gen. Joseph, 446

——, Mary Ann, 396

——, Sarah J., 412, 414

——, William, 418, footnote

Bryant, Sydney, 437

Buckley, Martha A., 420

Budd, Maria, 378

Buel, —— (m. Walter S. Franklin), 203, footnote

——, Mr., 16

——, Mrs. Dr., 302

——, Miss, 152, 154, 234, 235, 236, 239

——, Abby, 431

——, Caroline, 400

——, Elisha S., 263

Buell, Frederic, 412

Buel, George, 409

——, Harriet, 405, 410, 412, 414

Buel, Dr. Henry W., 236, 241, 268, 299, 430, 431, 435, 437, 446

——, Jane, 431

——, Lois Ann, 420, 424, 428, 431, 433

——, Lucretia, 438

——, M., 119

——, Maria (m. —— Jones), 400, 433, 436

——, Mary, 424, 428

——, Mary Ann, 410

——, Mary T., 433, 437, 438

——, Dr. Peter Wm., 409, 410, 411, 412, 422, footnote, 423

——, Polly, 16

——, Rachel (m. —— Lord), 433, 436

——, Samuel, 261

——, Samuel, 2d, 261

——, Sarah, 402, 405

——, Dr. William, 26, 29, 261, 262, 263, 297, 301, 315, 334, 433

Bulkley, David, 25

——, Eunice R. (m. John Ward), 431, 433, 436

——, Mary, 399

Bulkeley, Miss, 66, footnote

——, Susan, 427, 428

Bull, Mrs., 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 289, 291, 446

——, Elizabeth C., 421, 428, 430, 431

——, Emily (m. Judge David C. Sanford), 424

——, Henry, 444

——, Martha, 421, 424

——, Mehitable, 427, 428

——, Polly, 11

——, Sarina, 378

Bullock, ——, 445

Bunce, Caroline M., 414, 421

Buoyington, Charles R. S., 435

Burgess, Mr., 240

Burget(t), Miss, 395, 396

Burgoyne, General, 293, 345

Burk, Miss, 396

Burnham, Mary, 442

——, Ovilla Clarissa, 442

Burr, Miss, 148, 152, 153, 154

——, Aaron, 41, 205, 333, 335, 337

——, Annabella, 444

——, Betsey (Mrs. Mason), 183, 186, 187, 196

——, Elizabeth (Mrs. Reeve), 57, 333, 337, 411, 414, 444

——, Harriet, 431

Burral, Mr., 368

Burton, Maria, 418

Bush, Philo C., 22

Bushnell, Mary, 424

Butler, ——, 198

——, Miss, 162

——, Ann, 410, 418

——, Emily, 172, 174, 403, 405

——, Harriet, 11

——, Henry, 409, 446

Butler, Maria, 396

——, Mary Ann, 411, 414

Cake, John, 436

Calhoun, John C., 5, 7, 333, 335

Camp, Eliza M., 160, 162, 403, 405

Canard, Sarah Ann, 428, 430, 431

Canfield, Betsey, 363

——, Elizabeth (Eliza) Hannah (m. Frederick Augustus Tallmadge), 444

——, Judson, 444

——, Julia (m. Samuel Flewwelling), 444

——, Mira, 13

——, Col. Samuel, 446

Cantine, Sarah R., 400

Carr, Mrs. H. B., 22

Carrington, Edwin, 430

——, Emeline M. (m. Benjamin Morse), 433, 436, 437, 438, 439

——, Jonathan, 24, 261, 268

——, Louisa, 424

Case, Miss, 396

——, Lucy (m. Horatio Seymour), 294

——, Sofia, 396

Catlin (Catline, Catling), ——, 150, 207, 369

——, Captain, 15

——, Dr., 30, 196, 201

——, Miss, 153, 286, 302

——, A., 359

——, Dr. Abel, 241

——, Achsa(?), 440

——, Alice, 424

——, Avis, 421

——, Eliza, 400

——, Flora, 150, 152, 241, 433

——, George, 241

——, Grove, 4, 150, 261

——, Hannah, 395

——, John, 4

——, John (m. Elizabeth Humiston), 435, 437

——, Julia, 428

——, Lynde, 323, footnote, 365, 368

——, Mrs. Lynde, 235

——, Mary, 241

——, Sally, 395

Cauldwell, Polly, 396

Cebra, Elizabeth, 148

——, James, 148

Census—Connecticut towns, 394

Center, Sarah, 400

Chamberlain, Abigail, 403, 405

——, Rhoda, 403, 405

Chambers, Mr., 205

Champion, Rev. Mr., 44, 50, 68, 299, 352

Chandler, ——, 444

——, Miss, 53

Chapin, Miss, 395

——, Betsey, 51, 396

——, Clarissa, 51, 396

454Chapman, Mary Ann, 414, 442

Chappins, Mr., 70

Chase, Caroline, 431

——, Emily, 431

Cheetham, Mary, 397

Cheney, Charlotte M., 427

——, Edward, 435

——, Edward P., 435

——, Maria (m. Horace Greeley), 444

——, Mary S., 430

——, Mary Y., 427, 428

——, Silas E., 25

Chester, Annie, copy of school bill (1819), 188; copy of board bill, 188

——, Caroline (Mrs. John Knickerbocker), 403, 405; her diary (1815), 150–154; her commonplace book, 154–160

——, Edwin, 190, 191, footnote

——, Elisha, 189 and footnote, 191

——, Ellen (Mrs. John J. Copp), 191, footnote

——, John, 63

——, Mary, letter to her mother (1819), 189–190; biography, 189, footnote; letter to her brother Edwin, 190–191

——, Thomas, 190

Chief of Tuscaroras, 62

Child, ——, 315, 316

——, Nathaniel Rochester, 434, footnote, 436

——, Mrs. Nathaniel Rochester (Elizabeth C. Prince), 43, footnote, 49, 201, 287, 322

Childs, Heman, 261, 423

——, Lucy A., 424

——, Samuel, 261, 263

Chittenden, Miss, 48

——, Julia (m. Dr. James Ross Dodge), 444

——, Samuel, 412

Christian, Mahala, 403, 405

Church, Ann, 442

——, John, 410, 411

——, Lois, 416, 418

——, Mary L. (S.), 416, 418

——, Hon. Samuel, extract of address, 8

Cist, Ellen E., 427

Clark, ——, 291

——, Mr., 315

——, Miss, 234, 297

——, Hon. Freeman, 436

——, Maria A., 223, 435, 437, 438

——, Mary, 400, 403

Clark, Roxana P., 223, 446

Clark(e), Abigail L. (m. —— King), 412, 414, 417, 418

Clarke, Harriet M., 421, 424

——, Margaret, 421

Clark(e), Sarah G., 410, 412, 414

——, William, 409, 411, 412

Clayton, ——, 7

Cle(a)veland, Lucetta, 403, 405

——, Charlotte H. (m. —— Osgood), 431, 433, 436, 437, 438

Cleaveland, Eliza C., 433, 437, 438

Cleavland, S., 157

Cleaver, Clarissa, 400

——, Eliza, 399

——, Lucy, 400

——, Maria, 414

——, S., 412

Cobb, Mary E., 403, 405

Cochrane, Rebecca, 438, 440

Cockrin, Charlott, 396

——, Graice, 396

——, Mary, 396

Coffin, Harriett B., 410, 414

——, Sarah, 424

Coit, Cornelia A., 398

——, R. H., 268

Cole, —— (m. Mary S. Taylor), 422, footnote

Collia(e)r, Thomas, 20, 25

Collins, Mr., 382

——, Miss, 201

——, Betsy, 444

——, Maria, 406

——, Polly, 14

Colt, Henry, 430, footnote

Colton, Amelia, 400

——, Delia, 400

Comstock, Ann, 399

Conard, Jane, 409

Cone, Elizabeth, 440

Congregational Church, Litchfield, 179, 287

Conklin, Phoebe, 150, 403, 406

Conkling, Abigail, 421

——, Isabella, 421

Conway, General, 346

Cook, Sally, 400

——, Miss, 153

Cooke, E. W., 446

——, Elizabeth, 409, 410

——, James, 412

——, James P., 412

——, Joseph, 410

——, Joseph P., 409, 410

——, Julia M., 411, 418, 428

——, Maria, 428, 446

——, Rebecca H., 421, 424

——, Rose Terry, 310

Copp, Belton, 443

Cornelius, Betsey, 406

——, Mary, 406

——, Mr., 162, 163

Corning, Hannah C., 417, 418

Costar, ——, 61

Costume fashions end of eighteenth and beginning of nineteenth century, 35–42

Cotton first brought to New England from the West Indies, 3

Cowles, Asenath, 437

——, George D., 255

Cowles, Julia, her diary (1797), 17–19

——, Maria, 399

Crandall, Mr., 24

Crawford, Mary M., 417, 418

Crosbey, Mrs., 348

Crosby, Julia, 400

——, Miss, 347

Croswell, Dr. Thomas O’H., 5, 327, 328, and footnote, 361, 383, 384, 386, 388, 448

——, Mrs. (Ruth Pierce), 39, 321, 326–330

Crugar, Frances, 409

Curtis, Captain, 355

——, Mrs. Emily Chauncey, reminiscences, 288

——, S., 364

Cushman, Mr. and Mrs., 58

——, John P., 396, footnote

Cushman, Julia M. (m. Henry Farnsworth), 440

Cutler, Dothee, 9, 411

——, George Younglove, 32, 34, 54, 242, 289; his journal (1820), 192–207; obituary, 192; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 247

——, Mary, 323

Daggett, Judge, 192, 197

——, Mr., 203

“Darien Scheme,” the, 4

Darling, Anna C., 411

——, Mr. and Mrs., 61

——, Clarinda, 252, 409

——, Joseph, 409

Dart, Charles Sanford, 332

Davenport, E. W., 324

——, Lucy, 200

——, Matilda H., 398

Davies, Ann, 444

——, Charles, 242

——, Eliza, 398

——, Maria, 444

Day, Julia, 396

——, Nancy, 396

Dean, Harriet, 439, 440

——, Mary, 400

——, Mercy J., 431, 434

Decker, Cornelia, 434

De(i)derer, ——, 313

Dederer, Eliza, 313, 403, 406

De Forest, B., 202

Deforist, David, 204

Deforest, Hepsy, 409

——, Mary, 409, 410

Delafield, Caroline A., 150, 406

——, H. W., 242

——, John, 398, footnote

——, Mary Ann (m. Cornelius Du Bois), 421, 423

Deming, ——, 42, 366

——, Mrs., 15, 152

——, Buel H., 411, 412

——, C. (Mrs. Perkins), 60

——, Charles, 242

——, Clarissa, 84, 396, 433, 437, 441

455Deming, Frances B., 421, 424, 427, 428

——, Frederick, 241

——, Julia, 20

——, Julius, 25, 37, 323

——, Louisa, 441

——, Lucretia, 242, 302, 406

——, M. R., 28

——, Mary, 152, 242, 396, 399, 418

——, Mary G. (m. Si(y)dney Green), 421, 423, 427, 428, 430, 432, 433, 436, 437

——, Sarah (m. —— Sprague), 444

——, Stephen, 261, 267, 268

——, William, 242, 286

Deming’s Tavern, 22

De Nast, Miss, 347

Denison, Miss, 173

——, Dothy, 418

——, Hannah C., 428

——, Harriett, 418

——, M., 237

——, Martha D., 235, 411, 412, 414

Den(n)ison, Mary E., 400, 403, 406

Deniston, Miss E., 271

Denniston, Caroline M., 424

——, Charlotte, 424, 427

Denny, Sarah, 207

De Peyster, Capt. Abraham, 398, footnote

——, Eliza Ann S., 398

Dering, Anna Charlotte, 421

Deveaux, Mrs. Harriet, 444

De(a)veaux, Theodosia, 153, 399, 400, 403, 406

Dewey, Ann, 432, 434

——, Sophia, 406

——, George, 25, 261

Dewsenbury, Hannah, 398

Dibble, Julia, 427

——, Mary A., 412, 414

Dickenson, Mrs., 198

Dickinson, Parthenia L., 398

Dicks, Ann, 409

Diven, Sarah, 442

Dodge, Dr. James Ross, 444

Dole, Almira, 288, 444

Dougall, Agnes R., 421, 424

Dow, Rev. Lorenzo, 238

Dressing in mourning, attempt to regulate the custom, 40, 41

Du Bois, Cornelius, 423

Dunham, Miss, 347, 348

Dunn, Amelia, 434

——, Susannah J., 432, 434

Dutcher, Caroline, 442

——, Elizabeth, 437

Dwight, Rev. Mr., 294

——, Miss, 294

Eames, Julia Ann, 424

Earle, Ralph, portrait painter, notice of arrival in Litchfield, 39

Eastman, Mary, 442

Education: the higher education of women, 27, 257, 258, 333

Edward, Miss, 170

Edwards, ——, 289

——, President (of Yale), 41, 288

——, Mrs., 288

——, Betsey, 148, 149

——, Nancy, 148, 149, 444

——, Pomeroy, 412

——, Sarah, 412

Egleston, Dr. Thomas, 4, 339, footnote

Election ball, the, 205

Elliot, Miss, 193

Ellis, Eleanor, 403, 406

——, Pamelia, 406

Ellsworth, William, of Hartford, 63

Elmore, Miss, 395

——, Julia, 397

“Elm Park Collegiate Institute,” the, 299

Elting, Maria B., 403, 406

Ely, Caroline (m. Joel Steele), 444

——, Catherine, 418

——, Clarissa, 404, 406

Erwin(e), Eliza, 403, 406

Evening Post, the, Litchfield, 37

Everit, Sarah, 401

Fanning, Mr., 60

——, Miss, 11

——, Sarah G., 398

Farmington Academy, the, 257

Farnham, Misses, 150

Farnam, Mrs. A. S., 296

——, Henry, 436

Farnham, Laura, 403, 406

——, Nancy, 403, 406

Farnsworth, Henry, 440, footnote

Farrings, Captain, 69

Fart, Eliza Garden, 395, 397

Fayereweather, Jane, 412, 414

Ferris, Miss, 302

——, Helen, 409, 410

Filley, Eunice, 424

Finkle, Minerva, 406

——, Sarah, 175, 406

Fish, Hannah, 401

——, Mrs., 11

Fisher, Professor, 235, 236

——, Rev. S. W., D.D., 429, footnote

Fitch, Venelia, 424, 447

Flagg, Emeline, 418

Flagler, Content S., 398

——, Tamer, 398

Flewwelling, Samuel, 444

Flint, Amelia, 201

Florence, Sarah Ann, 424, 428, 430

Foote, Roxana (m. Lyman Beecher), 149, 414

Ford, E., 315

Fountain, Maria, 406

Fowler, Dr., 152

——, Miss, 173, 174

——, F. M., 445

——, J. D., 447

Franklin, General, 203

——, Walter S., 201, 203

Fraser, Alexander Garden, 148

Frasure, Mr., 163

French, —— (m. Julia Winship), 436

Frisbie, Elisha, 353

Fuller, Miss, 174

——, Charley, 428

——, William W., 447

Gager, Julia C, 424

Gale, Elizabeth, 295

Gallatin, Albert, 58

Galpin, Amos, 20

——, Mary Ann, 399, 401, 406

——, Silvester, 261

Gardiner, David, 296, 397, footnote

——, John Lyon, 296

——, Mary B., 296, 411, 417, 418, 421

——, Sarah D. (m. David Thompson), 296, 410, 411, 412, 414, 417, 418, 442

Garnsey, Elizabeth, 204

Gates, Dr., 365

——, General, 344

——, Maria, 400

Gavvitt, Joshua, 261

Gay, Mr., 17

——, Julius: paper, “Farmington Society One Hundred Years Ago,” 257–259

Geract’d, Almira, 399

Gibbs, Mr., 151, 205

——, Mrs., 151

Gilbert, Charlie, 444

——, Grace E., 428, 430, 432

——, Julia, 434

Gillett, Catharine, 424

Gimbred, Mrs., 266, 318

——, Evelina, 265, 266

Gleason, Mary, 399

Glen, Mary, 48, 397

Glover, ——, 206

——, John J., 206

——, Sam, 207

Goble, John W., 436

Gold, Mr., 269

——, Caroline W., 397

——, Laura, 406

Good, Abigail, 399

Goodall, Mary, 401

Goodman, Mary (2d wife of John Pierce), 5, 6, 448

Goodrect, Cornelia, 401

Goodrich, —— (m. Thomas Ward Smyth), 444

——, ——, 444

——, Mr., 196

——, Mrs., 54

——, Miss (m. Charles Wolcott), 437

456Goodrich, Mrs. Eudocia B., 412, 414

——, Maria, 421, 424

——, Mary Ann (m. —— Wolcott), 444

——, S. H., 446

——, Sarah Worthington, 445

Goodsell, Dr., 240

Goodwin, Ann C., 406

——, Elizabeth, 437, 438, 441

——, Elizabeth C. (m. —— Adams), 434, 436

——, Emeline, 418

——, George and Sons, 409

——, Leonard, 261, 263, 267, 433

——, Mary (Mrs. Taylor), 287

——, Mary, 289, 290

——, Mary E., 437, 438, 440, 441

——, Mrs., 207

——, Oliver, 261, 265, 268

Goodyear, Miss, 44

——, Ann M., 417, 418

Gould, Mrs., 207

——, Almira, 444

——, Charles, 421, footnote, 423

——, Edward S., 242, 315; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 251, 252

——, George, 242, 409, 410, 411

——, Henry Guy, 26, 119, 242

——, Judge James, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 29, 30, 41, 57, 148, 149, 242, 261, 262, 287, 333, 334, 336, 337

——, James R., 242

——, John, 432, 435, 437

——, Julia, 242, 296, 410, 411, 414, 418

——, Robert H., 435

——, Sally M. C., 242

——, William T., 201

Gracey, Misses, 364

Grac(s)y, Charity, 395, 397

Graham, Eliza A. (m. —— Manvel), 445

——, James Lorimer, 447

——, Robert, 445

Granger, Margaret Ann, 424

——, Mary Ann, 424

Grannis, John W., 436

Grant, Miss, 271

——, Charles W., 427

——, Emily, 412, 414

——, Fanny, 299

——, Mrs. H., 300

——, Harriet P., 299, 430, 432, 434, 437

——, Jane, 441

——, John M., 300, 435, 437

——, Nancy, 409

Gray, Mrs. Asa, 80, 119, footnote; sketch of Miss Sarah Pierce, 321, 322; sketch of Miss Mary Pierce, 325, 326; extract from diary, 326

——, Mrs. Jane L., 321, footnote

Great Pond, see Bantam Lake

Greeley, Horace, 444

Green, Sydney, 423, 436

Greenfield, Mary Ann C., 417, 418

Gregory, Miss, 174

——, Susan, 406

Griffin, Rev. Mr., 18

——, Elizabeth, 404, 406

Griffiths, Mr., 386

Griswold, Cornelia, 428, 432, 434

——, Emeline (m. Dr. Charles Vail), 401, 436

——, Helen C., 438

——, Mary H., 398

Guion, Elisabeth, 442

Hail, Nancy, 397

Haine, Miss, 163

Haines, Susan, 403, 406

Hale, Miss, 395

——, Harriet, 403, 406

——, Sybill, 401

Hall, Mr., 7, 240

Hall, Miss, 397

——, Emeline T., 424

——, Esther W., 416

——, Charlotte T., 424

——, Harriet, 401

Hallam, Mary D., 412, 414, 427, 442

Hamlin, G. W., 23

Hampton, Colonel, 384, 385, 386

Harmon, ——, 442

Harper, Mary Ann, 418

Harris, Sallie E., 401

Harrison, Mrs., 301

——, Elihu, 261

——, Minerva, 441

Hart, Miss, 194

——, Emily, 433

Hasbrook, Eliza, 401

——, Helen, 401

Haskell, Elizabeth, 424

Hastings, Mary, 398

Havens, Rensselaer, 148

Haydorn, Amelia P., 399

Hawley, Augusta M., 434

——, Emiline, 414

——, Mary, 414

Hayl, Sophira, 397

Hays, Miss, 395

——, Melissa, 397

Heaton, Clarissa, 424

Hedge, Lucy, 403, 406

Hempstead, Julia, 421

Henderson, Miss, 44

Herbert, George R., 420

Herrick, Richard, 442

Heuvel, Mr. Vanden, 194

Hewet, M. A., 397

Heyden, Miss, 320

Hiccox, Irene, 410

Hickok, Mr., 315

“Hiel Jones,” see Barnes, Hiram

Hill, Sally, 195

——, Sybil V., 418

Hills, Amelia C., 427, 428, 434, 437

Hills, Eliza Ann, 417

——, Jane, 427, 429, 434

——, Rhoda Ann, 421

Hillhouse, Augustus, 57

Hinkle, Minerva, 164

——, Sarah, 164

Hitchcock, Sarah, 399

Hoadley, Frances, 424

——, Harriet S., 417, 418

Hodges, Roxy, 427, 438

Hoffman, M., 100

——, Maria, 401

Holcomb, Mary, 424

Hollabird, Harriet, 414

Hollister, Mr., 330

Hollister, Caroline E., 424

Hollister, Gideon H., 268

Holmes, Mr., 13, 14, 53

——, Mrs., 16

——, Judge, 200

—— (Homes), Elizabeth D., 413, 414, 417, 418

——, H., 242

——, Lucretia, 445

——, Nancy, 401

——, Uriah, 20

——, Uriel, 242, 261

Holmes’ house, the, 30

Hooker, Rev. Mr., 17, 19, 223, 257

——, Miss, 153

——, Elizabeth, 445

——, Mary, 152

Hopkin, Mr., 54

Hopkins, 10, 11, 13, 54, 203

——, the Misses, 152

——, Adela, 153

——, Adelaide, 403, 406

——, Huldah, 446

——, Margaret M., 152, 153, 289, 403, 406

——, Nancy, 54

——, Polly, 204

——, Sam Miles, 60

Hoppin, Mrs. Mary D., 324

——, Professor, 324

Hornblower, Harriet (m. Judge Lewis B. Woodruff), 445

——, Joseph C., 445

Horton, Emily, 438

Hosmer, Chief Justice Stephen T., 196, 242; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 245

Hotchkiss, Mary, 421

——, Nancy, 202, 398

Housatounoc, the (river), 238

Howard, Alexander, 443

——, Maria, 414

Howe, Susan, 411

Howell, Mary B., 421

Hovt, —— (m. Catherine M. Bissell), 436

——, Delia M., 421, 424

Hubbard, Mary, 84

——, Mary D., 413, 414, 417, 418

——, Phoebe, 62

Hubbell, Algernon Sidney, 429, footnote

——, Caroline M., 398, 437

457Hubbell, Julia Ann, 421, 425

——, M. A. T., 425

Hudson, Mrs., 152

Huger, Lewis Tabier, 443

Hughes, Angelica, 401

——, Enos B. M., 443

Hull, ——, 297

——, Captain, 194

——, Colonel and Mrs., 348

——, Esther M., 418

——, Henry A. (m. Sarah Sanderson), 435, 437

——, Sydney, 442

Humiston, Elizabeth, 437

Humphrey, ——, 201

Humphreys, Janette (Jeanette), 413, 414

Hunt, Miss (m. George Seymour), 437

——, Caroline, 403, 406

——, Emeline, 401

——, Harriet D., 429, 430, 432, 434

——, Maria, 401

——, Mrs. Mary A., 288, 289

——, Polly, 401

Hunter, Catherine (m. —— Bullock), 397, 445

Huntington, Rev. Mr., 44, 47, 49, 50, 68, 207, 259, 311

——, Rev. Enoch, 426

——, Rev. Dan, 336

——, Hannah, 152

——, Hon. Jabez W., 261, 262, 433

Huntley, L., 445

Hurlbert, Miss, 163

——, Nancy W. (Hurlburt), 403, 406

Hurlburt, Mr., 238, 241

Hurlbut, Elizabeth (Betsey), 401, 429

Hyde, Eliza, 421

——, Fanny, 418

——, Harriet, 403, 406

——, Jemimah, 418

——, Lydia, 429

——, Margaret L., 425

——, Nancy, 168

Jackson, Mr., 199

——, Mrs., 288

——, (Ann) Eliza (m. Amzi Armstrong), 421, 423, 425

——, Ann Eliza (m. George C. Seelye), 287

——, Cecilia, 429

——, Drusilla, 441

——, Eliza, 287, 429, footnote

——, Jane (m. Rev. S. W. Fisher, D.D.), 429, 432, 434, 439

——, John P., 242

Jackson, Julia Ann (m. Algernon Sidney Hubbell), 425, 429

——, Peter, 429, footnote

Jacobs, George, 195, 199, 200, 205, 206, 207

James, Mr., 61

“Jephthah’s Daughter:” a play, 119–145

Johns, Nancy, 164, 403, 406

Johnson, Sarah, 440

——, Thomas N., 447

Johnston, Mr., 199

——, Betsy, 199

——, Eliza A., 397

Jones, —— (m. Maria Buel), 436

——, Rev. Mr., 238, 296

——, Mrs., 301

——, Miss, 165, 167, 199, 287, 318, 320

——, Ann, 224, 410

——, Betsey M., 404

——, Elizabeth H., 398

——, Harriet, 425

——, Henrietta, 291, 411, 413

——, Henry R., 299

——, Isabella P., 410, 414

——, Julia H., 414, 417, 418

——, Mary E., 401

——, Willie, 296

——, William, 432, 437

——, William E. (m. Miss Ogden), 435

Judson, Miss (1st wife of Dr. Daniel Sheldon), 10

——, Miss, 193

——, Charlotte M., 417, 418

——, Eliza, 403, 406

——, Mary S., 425

Keeler, Miss, 162

——, Amanda, 158, 403, 406

——, Sarah A., 421, 425

Keith, Charles, 434, footnote, 436

Kellogg, Maria A., 421

——, Rachel, 403, 407

Kennard, Jane, 445

Kent, Julia, 425

Kerby, Fanny, 395

Ketcham, Mary, 421

Keyes, Laura, 398

Kibbe, Margaret, 445

Kilborn, James, 437

Kilbourne, see Braman & Kilbourne

——, Dr., 436

Kilbourn, Mrs. (Harriet Wadsworth), 286, 287

Kilbourne, B., 261

——, Eliza, 421

——, Payne K., 21, footnote

Kilbourne’s History of Litchfield, 21, 27, 35, 320

King, Mrs. (Abigail Clarke), 418, footnote

King, Catherine, 442

——, Eliza, 440, 442

Kingsbury, Major, 291

——, Judge John, 418, footnote, 443

——, Sarah L. (m. William Brown), 231, 291, 418

Kinne, Tryphena, 429

Kipp, —— (m. Delia Radcliffe), 436

Kirby, Catharine, 407

——, Harriet, 153, 400, 402

——, Helen, 401, 407

Kirchon(?), Mr., 318

Kirk, Mr., 317

Kirkland, C., 241

Knapp, Mary, 409

Knickerbocker, John, 150

Knight, Mrs. Caroline Sedgwick (? Miss Swan), 291

Kosciusko, 367, 372, 378

Lampson, Miss, 395

Lancaster, Mass., 1

Landon, ——, 42, 207

——, Mr., 5, 31, 316

——, Miss, 152, 153, 169, 173, 174, 287, 314

——, Ann Elizabeth, 242, 244, 316, 401, 407

——, Miss C. (Mrs. Livingston), 60

——, Charlotte, 203, 399

——, J. C., 119

——, Jane Maria (m. F. M. Fowler), 445

——, John R., 20, 242, 261, 262, 433

——, M. E., 242

——, Mary, 167, 316, 407, 409, 410, 415

——, N., 242

——, Nancy, 84

Landon house, the, 323

Langdon, B. H., 242

——, Mary, 440, 441

Lansing, Isaac, 436

Larnard, ——, 445

Larned, Miss, 297

Lathrop, Francis E., 421

——, Lucy, 409

——, Maria, 409

——, Mira, 418

Lathrope, Miss, 59

Law, Mr., 200

——, Ann, 409

——, Harriet, 409

——, Maria, 409

Law School, The Litchfield, 9, 25, 28, 29, 30, 34, 148, 149, 179, 258, 332, 333; graduates, 337; students, 42, 43, 150, 288, 289, 292, 296, 297, 322

Leavenworth, ——, 54, 55

——, E. W., 242

——, Mary Ann, 410

——, Sally, 388, 445

Leavitt, Miss, 52, 69, 395

——, Betsey, 395

——, Elizabeth, 421

——, Julia, 287

—— (Leavette), Susan, 207, 399, 401

Lee, Dr., 423

——, Charlotte, 415

——, Elizabeth O., 407

——, James, 33

Leonard, Corelia, 445

——, Elizabeth, 432, 434, 437, 439, 441

458Leonard, Sarah Ann, 427, 429, 434

Leonards, Mrs., 58

Leonare, Cornelia, 401

Lester, Emily M., 417, 418

Levingstone, Anny, 395

——, Catharine, 395

Lewis, ——, 18, 19

——, Colonel, 343

——, Mr., 11

——, Miss, 80, 82, 152, 207

——, Amelia (m. —— Peck), 83, 401, 404, 407, 425, 427, 434, 436

——, Algernon S., M.D., 423

——, Ashley, 409

——, Daniel W., 20

——, Jane R., 242, 409, 410, 411, 446; her diary (1820), 221–225; extracts from her commonplace book, 225–229; names in commonplace book, 446

——, Jane S., 83

——, John, 435, 437

——, Louisa C., 242, 401, 407, 446; extracts from her commonplace book, 229–230; poem “The Bantam,” 230; names in commonplace book (1817), 446

——, M. A., 242

——, Mary (m. William B. Bostwick), 425

——, Mary Ann, 425; names in commonplace book, 447

——, Mary K., 421

——, Naby, 16

——, Ozias, 17, 427

——, Sarah, 287

——, William, 410

Light, Melissa, 425

Lindsley, Emily, 398

——, Glovvina C., 270, 427, 429

Litchfield, Conn., at the beginning of the nineteenth century, 20; census of 1820, 21; stage routes, 21, 22, 23; its manufactures (1810), 24, 25; population, 24; depot for military stores, 26; account of the melting of the statue of King George III., 26–27; during the revolution, 27; temperance movement, 28; description by Henry Ward Beecher, 28–31; description by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, 31; excursions to Bantam Lake, 32, 33; the Aerial Phaeton, 34; social conditions, 41–43; description by Edward D. Mansfield, 41–43; “Dear old Litchfield,” letter written for the Litchfield Enquirer by Lucy Sheldon, 65, 66; The East Burying Ground, 331–333; Litchfield Hill: sketch from Harper’s Magazine for 1877, 335–338; census of 1820, 394; Litchfield County Post, 271; Litchfield Eagle, 21, 413; Litchfield Enquirer, 23, 28, 64, 265, 267, 271; Litchfield Lyceum, 27; Litchfield Monitor, 25, 27, 32, 39, 40

“Litchfield China Trading Co.,” the, 25

Litchfield Female Academy, the, 28, 30, 320, 321, 328, footnote, 333; its inception in 1792, 6; incorporated in 1827, 7; contemporary notices, 1792, 7–9; subscription list for building first academy, 19–20; training day, 34; performances given by students, 34; balls, 35; merit marks, 35; school bill of Susan Masters (1805), 80; histories used in the school, 80, 81, 82; historical charts, 82; prizes, 83; report of judges for prize of merit, 84; rules for the school and family, 146, 147; connection of Rev. Lyman Beecher with the school, 179; description of the school, 179; its high reputation, 179; cost of tuition, 188; Julia Seymour’s copy of rules (1820), 230, 231; Sarah Kingsbury’s copy of rules (1821), 231, 232; a definition of politeness, 232–234; rules (1825), 255–259; terms of tuition (1826), 259; notes from records (1827), 260–268; copy of subscription (1827), 260; names of subscribers, 261, 262; act of incorporation, 262; list of trustees, 262; contract for building, 262, 263; trustees address to the public (1828), 263; vote to sell buildings on East St., 265; resignation of J. P. Brace, 265; notices of change of teachers, 265–267; Miss Henrietta Jones appointed principal, 266; cost of tuition and board, 267; application for change in charter (1844), 267; trustees appointed (1854), 268; issue of new certificates of stock, 268; vote to sell property to Miss Mary Pierce (1856), 268; notice of semi-annual exhibition (1828), 270, 271; notice of beginning of summer term (1829), 271; notice of beginning of winter term (1829), 271; cost of tuition, 271; Miss Grant’s school bill, 271; a letter to a pupil, 284–286; reminiscences of Harriet Wadsworth, 286, 287; letter from Mrs. George C. Seelye, 287; reminiscences of Mrs. Emily Chauncey Curtis, 288; letter from Mrs. Mary A. Hunt, 288, 289; reminiscences of Miss Fanny Lord, 289, 290; letter from Mrs. Anna M. Richards, 290, 291; recollections of Susan Spencer, 291; letter from Mrs. Caroline S. Knight, 291, 292; letter from Miss Sarah D. Gardiner, 296; reminiscences of Mrs. A. S. Farnam, 296, 297; reminiscences of Miss Esther H. Thompson, 297–299; letter from Mr. J. Deming Perkins, 299; farewell address of John P. Brace, 303–307; terms for instruction and board (1833), 310, 311; geography, 324; sketch of the school, 334, 335; sketch from Harper’s Magazine, 337, 338; studies spoken of in Mary Bacon’s diary, 395; list of pupils, 395–397; list of pupils (1814), 400–402; catalogue of members (1816), 405–409; list of pupils (1819–1820), 409, 410; list of pupils (1821), 410, 411; list of pupils (1822), 413–415; list of pupils (1823), 417–419; list of pupils (1825), 420–423; marriages of pupils, 423; list of pupils (1826), 423–426; list of pupils (1828), 426–430; list of pupils (1829), 430–432; list of pupils (1830), 433–436; list of pupils (boys), 435; cost of tuition, 435; marriages of pupils, 436, 437; list of pupils (1831), 437–439; list of pupils (1832), 439–441; list of pupils (no date), 442, 443; list of pupils from letters, &c., 443–447; marriages of pupils, 443–447

Litchfield Historical Society, the, 84, 119

Livingston, Mr., 60

——, Miss, 395

——, Catherine 398, footnote

——, J. K., 203

Lloyd, Mary P., 398, 413

Lobdell, Mary, 449

Lockwood, —— (m. Mary G. Thomas), 436

——, Rev. Peter, 398, footnote

——, John Seymour, 295

——, Stanly, 295

Logan, Miss, 162

——, Eliza, 407

Loomis, Harriot, 398

Lord, —— (m. Rachel Buel), 436

——, Mr., 32, 237, 289

459Lord, Mrs., 15, 16, 193, 236, 297

——, Miss, 153, 236, 395

——, Abbe(y) L., 401, 407

——, Augustus A., 430

——, Caroline, 193, 207

——, Corinna, 440, 441

——, E. A., 242, 261

——, Erastus, 24

——, Fanny, 289, 290, 399

——, Helen L., 419, 421, 425, 427, 429, 430, 432, 440

——, Maria T. (m. —— Boardman), 421, 425, 429, 430, 432, 434, 436

——, Mary, 242, 396

——, Mary Y., 419

Lord’s house, Mrs., 31

Loring, Mr., 7, 240

Losee, Lovina, 425

Lothrop, Frances E., 421, 425

Lovejoy, Mr., 193

——, Miss, 193

Loyd, Mary P., see Lloyd

Lyde (Lide), Mr., 258, 384, 385, 386, 390

Lyman, ——, 199

——, Abby (Abbe) S., 403, 407

——, Cecilia, 411

——, Harriet M., 421, 425

——, Lucretia, 442

——, Martha, 432

——, Mary L., 399

——, Sarah M., 399

Lyon, Mr. and Mrs., 241

——, Marie, 241

——, Matthew, 206

——, Pervis Eliza, 417, 419

——, Perces E., 419

Lupton, Catharine S., 421, 425

MacMartin, Mr., 24, 289

Maddin, Eliza, 427, 429, 430, 432, 434

Magill, ——, 423

Mail stages, see Stage routes

Maison, Jane Ann (Mrs. Rev. Peter Lockwood), 398

Malin, Mrs. Louisa, 295

Man, Anna, 425

Mann, Louisa, 432

Mansfield, ——, 423

——, Edward D., 6, 41, 179, 182, 241, 257

——, Henry (m. Julia C. Trowbridge), 422, footnote

“Manual Labor High School of Litchfield County,” The, 27, 28

Manvel, ——, 445

Marr, Anna, 242

Marrin, Miss, 167

Marsh, Rev. Mr., 45

——, Miss, 165

——, C., 153

——, Esther, 399

——, Frederick A., 33

——, Mercy, 436

Marsh, Sarah W., 403, 407

——, Solomon, 20

Marsh house, the, 295

Marshall, —— (m. Sarah Scoville), 436

Martingbrough, Taine, 395

Marvin, Mrs., 26, 332

——, Amy S., 403, 407

——, Louisa, 403, 407, 409

——, Nancy, 401

——, Ruth, 332

Mason, Mr., 7, 174, 183

——, Charles C., 447

——, S., 445

——, Stephen, 186, 187

Massachusetts Bay Company, the, 1

Masters, Susan, 80, 445

Mather, ——, 439

——, Miss, 11

Maunda, Sally, 395

“Mayflower,” the, 3

Mayo, William, 442

M’Burney, Eliza M., 404, 407

McCan, Agnes, 294

——, John, 294

McClellan, George, 200

McCracken, Hopkins, 198

McCrackan, Mr., 54

M’Curdy, Sarah, 399

M’Lachlan, Julian S. (Mrs. David Gardiner), 296, 397

M’Laughlin, Mrs., 289

McNeal, Miss, 162

McNeil, Mrs., 100

McNeill, Mrs. Edwin, 294

——, Harriet, 401, 403, 407

McNeil, John, 436

——, Louisa, 432

Means, Ann S., 415

——, Isabella, 415

——, Mary, 415

Merriam, Mary, 412

Merriman, ——, jeweller, 25

Mersereau, Aletta, 399

Merwin, Caroline, 403, 407

——, Harriet, 425

Merwin, Mary M., 421, 425

——, Orange, 27

——, Tryphemia, 417, 419

Meshal, Elisa, 401

Miles, Henrietta, 401

——, Mary, 401

Miller, Mr., 378

Mills, Rev. Mr., 225

——, Almira, 410

Miner, L., 317

——, Phineas, 261, 262, 433

——, Zerviah R., 416, 419, 421, 425

Minturn, Clarissa, 401

——, Emmeline, 401

Mitchell, Rev. Mr., 195

——, Dr., 365, 371

Mix, Margaret, 224

Monson, Mary Ann, 409

Montgomery, John H., 34

Moody, Sarah A., 425

Moore, Mary Ann, 427

——, Matilda, 409

Morgan, Asa, 20

——, Becca, 10, 11, 13

——, Nancy, 10, 11, 13

——, Wealthy, 10

Morris, Jane E., 434

——, James, 20

Morrison, Eliza, 445

Morse, ——, 24

——, Mrs., 330

——, Benjamin, 436

—— (? Moss), Betsey, 445

Mosely, Mr., 66

Moss, Betsey, 439

Mould, Susan, 416, 419

“Mount Tom,” Litchfield, 42

Muirson, Mrs., 317

Mulford, Eliza Ann (m. William K. Townsend), 80, 146, 401

Mulford, Henry, 401, footnote

——, Nancy, 401, footnote

——, Nancy (jr.), (m. Charles Robinson), 401

Mumford, Mr. and Mrs., 60, 62

——, Helen F., 398

——, Henrietta S. (m. Charles Gould), 421, 423, 425

——, Mrs. Mary ——, 445

——, Woolsey, 61

Munson, Dr., 372

——, Eneas, 192

——, Fanny, 415

——, Mary, 192, 193, 194, 195, 199

Myers, John, 201

Nash, Mr., 51

Nestell, Ann Elisa, 429, 434

——, Ann R., 430, 432, 438

Nettleton, Rev. Mr., 150

Nevins, Miriam, 430

Newbury, Elizabeth, 409

Newcomb, Caroline, 402

——, Margaret G., 407, 427

——, Mary D., 403, 407

——, Sarah A., 422, 425

Nichols, Mr., 193

Norman, Henrietta, 191

North, —— (m. Emily Benedict), 436

Northrop, Abbe(y) S., 402, 407

——, Jane, 425

Norton, Mr., 298, 299

——, Miss, 258

——, Ambrose, 262, 295

——, Clarissa, 441

——, Lot, 27

——, Louisa, 429

——, William, 271, 427

Norwood, Jane, 402

Nourse, Dr., 436

Noyes, Dr., 60

——, Mrs., of Clinton, N. Y., 59

——, Professor, 446

——, Sarah, 201

——, Mrs. William Curtis, 28, footnote, 330

Nye, Amanda S., 404, 407

460Oakley, Velina, 442

Oaks, Julia, 427

Ogden, Mr., 364

——, Miss (m. William Jones), 437

——, Amelia, 57, 198, 433

——, Eliza A., 82, 403, 407; her journal (1816–1818), 160–166; journal for the winter (1816), 166–170; journal for the summer (1817), 170–176

——, Julia, 171

——, Zenos, 171

“Old Red College,” 257

Orkborn, Dr., 366

Orton, Dr., 378

——, Miss, 395

——, Caroline S., 409

——, Catharine A., 409

——, Charlotte E., 413, 415

——, Jane A., 413, 415

Osborne, Mary S., 411, 412, 422, 425, 436

Osbourn, Sophia, 441

Osburn, Betsey, 399

Osgood, —— (m. Charlotte Cleaveland), 436

Palfrey, Mr., 344

Pallen, Mr., 315

Pardee, Laura, 434

——, Minerva, 402

——, Sarah, 425

Park, Mrs. Mary Henrietta, 191

Parker, Mr., 31

——, Elizabeth, 439, 440, 441

——, Mary, 440, 441

Parks, Elizabeth (m. —— Bostwick), 434, 436

——, Josiah, 35, 261

——, Mary Marilla (m. Colonel Wessells), 445

Park’s (Josiah) Hotel, Litchfield, 22

Parmelee, ——, 297

Parmelee, Celeste, 415, 422, 425, 430

——, J., 119

——, Lucy, 242

Parsons, ——, 442

——, A. V., 242

Partridge, Eliza C., 397

——, Hepsey, 398

Paterson, Elizabeth (wife of Prince Jerome Bonaparte), 36

——, Major, 4

——, Major General, 4, 339, footnote, 448

——, James (b. 1664), of Wethersfield, Conn., 4, 448

——, John (b. 1707), 4, 448

——, Mary (m. Col. John Pierce), 3, 4, 339, 417, 448

——, William of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 3, 4

Paterson Genealogy, 448

Patmore, —— (m. Amanda Brown), 436

Patridge, Almira J., 422

Pease, Miss, 395

——, Betsy, 445

——, Seth, 445

Peck, —— (m. Amelia Lewis), 436

——, Mr., 193

——, Miss, 42

——, Cornelia, 432

——, Grace, 407

——, Harriet, 411

——, Helen, 153, 234, 402, 407, 442; poem on her death by J. P. Brace, 253

——, Levvinia, 437

——, M., 100

——, Maria, 432, 436, 437, 439

——, Mary W. (m. Edward D. Mansfield), 6, 32, 154, 194, 196, 207, 399, 402, 404, 407, 420, 442; her album (1825), 241–254; list of autographs, 241, 242; letter from Gov. Oliver Wolcott, 243; Bantam! dear lake! 243; The Indian’s Lament, 244; poem by Stephen T. Hosmer, 245; poem by H. Beecher, 245; poems by Sarah Pierce, 246, 247; poem by George Y. Cutler, 247; poem by E. Wolcott, 247, 248; poem by Frederick Wolcott, 249; poem by John Pierpont, 249, 250; poem by C. Beecher, 250, 251; poem by Edward S. Gould, 251, 252; poem by E. Reeve, 252; poem by Benjamin Tallmadge, 253; poem on the death of Miss Helen Peck by J. P. Brace, 253; poem by M. Tallmadge, 254; poem by J. P. Brace, 254

Peck, Timothy, 20

——, Virgil, 442

——, William N., 242

Peet, Ann, 437, 439, 440, 441

Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs., 317

——, Ann Pierce, 371

——, Green, 317

Penny, Miss, 174

——, Elizabeth E. (m. Dr. Peter Buel), 422, 423, 425

Perkins, ——, 442

——, Mr., 60

——, Miss, 234, 235, 238, 239

——, Anna Maria, 236, 413, 415, 416, 419

——, Mrs. Charles, 84

——, Clarissa, 242

——, Henry A., 242, 262

——, J. Deming, 37, footnote, 209

——, Mary, 441

——, Olive D., 416, 419

——, Thomas C., 82, 241

Perrit, Mr. and Mrs., 62

Perry, Charlotte, 429

——, Nancy, 441

Peters, Abigail Thompson, 445

——, John Thompson, 445

Pettebone, Miss, 395

Pettibone, Harriot, 396

Pettingall, Amos, 413

Pettit, Charlotte, 402

Phelps, ——, 7, 202

——, Mr., 342

——, Mrs., 16

——, Charlotte (m. George D. Cowles), 425; copy of Academy rules, 255–257; custom of exchanging children, 257

——, Henry, 262

——, Mary, 405, 409, footnote, 410, footnote, 442, footnote

Pierce, Mr., 57

——, Anne (Nancy), 4, 5, 47, 321, 323, 324, 328, 368, 372, 378, 388, 390, 448

——, Mrs. Ann Bard, 317, 377

——, Betsey, 4, 448

——, Daniel, 364

——, Gen. E. W., 2

——, Frederick, 62

——, Frederick Beech, 449, footnote

——, Frederick Clifton, 1, footnote

——, J., 242

——, James, 5, 311, 312, 322, 361, 366, 376, 378, 379, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388, 448; letters from Timothy Pierce, 366–369

——, John, of Charlestown, Mass., 449

——, John, of London, England, 1, 2, 3

—— (Pers), John, of Watertown, Mass., 1

——, John, of Wethersfield, Conn., 1, 2, 4, 449

——, John (b. 1733), of Litchfield, Conn., 1, 2, 4, 5, 328, 339, 448, 449

——, Mrs. John (Mary Paterson), 361, 391, 448

——, Col. John (b. 1750), 1, 2, 4, 5, 317, 321, footnote, 323, 327, 448; letters and verses, 339–353; accounts and memoranda, 353–360

——, Jonathan, of Charlestown, Mass., 448

——, Mary (Polly), 5, 13, 26, 39, 52, 54, 55, 58, 60, 64, 149, 168, 235, 238, 239, 240, 242, 288, 290, 296, 298, 299, 301, 311, 312, 321, 322, 328, 361, 363, 364, 366, 370, 371, 372, 378, 379, 380, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390; letter from Fanny Smith Skinner, 269, 270; sketch by Mrs. Asa Gray, 325, 326; 461letter to Mrs. William Curtis Noyes, 330, 331; letters from Timothy Pierce, 361–390

Pierce, Mary (m. —— Strong), 4, 448

——, Mary (Salisbury, Conn.), 416, 419, 448

——, Capt. Michael, 3

——, Nancy Maria, 425

——, Ruth (m. Thomas O. H. Croswell), 5, 327, 328, 448; see also Croswell, Mrs.

——, Samuel, of Charlestown, Mass., 449

——, Sarah, 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 61, 67, 69, 71, 72, footnote, 80, 81, 82, 83, 148, 149, 150, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 179, 180, 183, 185, 190, 202, 223, 231, 234, 235, 237, 238, 240, 242, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 265, 270, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 294, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 307, 328, 333, 337, 361, 366, 376, 388, 420, 433, 448; ancestry, 1–5; education in New York, 5; school started, 1792, 6; contemporary notices, 1792, 6–9; her personality, 7; prepares Henry Ward Beecher for college, 28; balls given under her patronage, 35; moves to a new house, 44; plays written for amusement of pupils: Ruth, 84–100, The Two Cousins, 100–118, Jephthah’s Daughter, 119–145; joke perpetrated at a rehearsal, 145; rules about early rising, 151; address at close of school (1818), 176–179; extract, “Autobiography of Lyman Beecher,” giving account of Miss Pierce and her school, 179, 180; extract, “Life of Mrs. H. B. Stowe,” 180–182; address at the close of the summer (1820), 208–210; a fragment, 210–212; dialogue between Miss Trusty and her pupils, 213–218; verses, 219–221; poems in Mary Peck’s album, 246, 247; conveyance to Academy corporation, 261; retires from active duties in the school, 266; letter from Miss B. C. Robertson, 268; article on Temperance question, 281–284; letters to her brother James, 311–313; letters to John P. Brace, 313–319; obituary notices, 320, 321; sketch by Mrs. Asa Gray, 321, 322; notes collected for Mrs. Asa Gray, 322–324; sketch of the school, 334, 335; letters from Col. John Pierce, 346–353; letter from William Rees announcing death of Dr. Timothy Pierce, 391, 392; her genealogy, 448

Pierce, Susan (m. James P. Brace), 4, 5, 448

——, Thomas, of Charlestown, Mass., 449

——, Dr. Timothy, 5, 448; letters written by, 361–390; letter of Horace Reed announcing his death, 391, 392; letter of William Rees announcing his death, 391, 392; sermon preached at his funeral, 392, 393

——, Capt. William, 3

Pierce’s Almanach, 3

“Pierce’s Desire,” the, 3

Pierce Genealogy, 448, 449

Pierpont, Fanny, 15

——, John, 56, 242, 335; Centennial Poem, 8, 9; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 249, 250

——, Mrs. Mary, 397

——, Minerva, 422

Pinkney, General, 383

——, Mr., 193

Pitkin, ——, 442

——, Eliza, 404, 407

Platt, Charlotte, 404, 407

Pledger, Elisa, 402

Plymouth Company, the, 1

Plymouth Pilgrims, the, known as “Mr. Pierce’s Company,” 3

“Poganuc People,” 298

Porter, Judge, 61, 62

——, Ann E., 434

——, Cornelia, 427

——, Elizabeth, 427

——, Laura, 398, 440, 441

——, Maria, 415

——, Mary S., 422, 425

——, Sally, 202

——, Sophia, 415

Post, Mary, 398

——, Sarah, 399

Post Coaches, see Stage routes

Potatoes, sweet, first brought to New England from the West Indies, 3

Potter, Hannah H., 422

——, Margaret, 413

——, Mary Ann, 446

——, Tertius D., 27

Powel, Judge, Auburn, N. Y., 60

Prall, Maria C., 397

Prentiss, Joanna R., 422

Prevost, Mrs. Theodosia, 335

Prince, Mrs., 194

——, Elizabeth S. (m. N. Rochester Child), 287, 322, 434, 436, 437, 439, 440, 441, see also Child, Mrs.

Pruyn, Catharine, 425

Pugsley, Elisa, 430, 432

——, Jane, 442

Pulver, Eliza A., 437

Purdy, Caroline, 442

——, Clarissa, 415

——, Roxana, 415, 442

Pyncheon, Mrs., 198

Radcliffe, Belinda, 430

——, Delia M. (m. —— Kipp), 432, 434, 436, 439

——, Jane E., 425, 429

——, Julia, 440, 441

Randsome, Sarah, 442

Rankin, —— (m. Charles Wolcott), 437

——, the Misses, 297

——, Mary O., 438

——, Phoebe Ann (m. John W. Goble), 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441

——, Robert, 423

——, Sarah, 439

——, Susan, 441

Ranny, Captain, 371, 380

Rapaljee, Phoebe, 398

Rapine, Susannah T., 430, 432, 434, 437

Raymand, Sally Ann, 442

Raymond, Elisa, 402

——, Hannah M., 434

Reed, ——, 426

——, Hannah, 419

——, Dr. Horace, 361, 384, 392; letter announcing death of Dr. Timothy Pierce, 390, 391

Rees, William, 361, 390, 391; letter to Sarah Pierce announcing death of Dr. Timothy Pierce, 391, 392

Reese, ——, 390

Reeve, Miss, 152, 153, 236

——, Anabella, 84

——, Burr, 409, 411, 413

——, Elizabeth (Burr), 57, 84, 152, 184, 186, 242; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 252

——, Judge Tapping, 20, 25, 29, 30, 41, 51, 53, 57, 179, 192, 197, 198, 203, 205, 257, 288, 289, 334, 336, 337, 355, 378, 391; biography, 333

Reid, George, 349

Reynolds, Miss J., 270

——, Julia, 427, 429

Rhinebeck, 298

Richards, Ann M., 225

——, Mrs. Anna M., 290

——, Rev. James, 299

——, William, 26

Riddel, H. H., 242

Riley, Mary H., 404

Ripley, Ann M., 397

Robbins, Caroline T., 441

——, Julia W., 429, 430, 432

462Robbins, Mersa, 399

——, Susan E., 429, 430, 432

Roberts, —— (m. Sybil Sears), 436

——, Rev. W., 391; funeral sermon on death of Dr. Timothy Pierce, 392, 393

——, Cloe, 402

Robert, Rhoda, 402

Robertson, Ann, 397

——, Miss B. C., 268

——, Bellamy C., 397

Robinson, Ann Maria, 425

——, Charles, 401, footnote

——, Matilda C., 404, 407

Rockwell, Miss, 152

——, C., 100

——, Charlotte, 402, 442

——, Henry, 435

——, Solomon, 27

——, Susan, 404, 407

Rodgers, Dr., 387

——, Miss, 205

Roe, Mrs., 172

Rogers, Miss, 68, 200, 224, 395

——, Abigail, 409, 410, 442

——, Anna P., 301

——, Elisa, 429

——, Henry, 423

Roosevelt family, the, 348

Root, Amoret, 439

——, Julia, 11

——, S., 439

Rose, Charlotte M., 397

Rossiter, Miss, 241

Rowe, Miss, 169

Rowland, Eliza, 402

——, Elizabeth, 404, 407

Royce, Eliza, 152

Ruggles, Mable, 444

——, Nathan, 258

Rumsey, Miss, 402

Russ, Mary, 442

Russell, Catharine C., 425

——, Dr. John, 423

——, John W., 261

——, Lucy, 381

——, Olive, 413, 415

“Ruth,” a play, 48, 84–100

Sabbath, the New England, 12

Salisbury, Ann, 407

Saltonstall, Frances C., 422, 425

——, Fanny C., 411, 415, 419

Sanders, Betsey, 55

——, Polly, 55

Sandford, Mr., 240

——, Maria, 442

——, Sarah, 442

Sandson, Sarah, 437

Sanford, Miss, 150, 153

——, Judge David C., 242, 261, 424

——, Esther R., 407

——, Maria A., 404, 407

——, Nat’n, 365

——, Rollin, 423

Sanford, Sarah J., 402, 404, 407

Sayre, Fanny M., 434

Schenadoah, Indian chief, 154

Schermerhorn, Lucia N., 427, 429, 431, 432, 434

Scott, Martha M., 427, 429

Scovil(l), Miss, 68, 395

Sc(h)ovil, Eliza, 395, 396

Scoville, Sarah L. (m. —— Marshall), 434, 436

Schultz, Juliana, 422

Sears, Harriet, 426

——, Mary G., 429, 434, 441

——, Orra, 407

——, Sybil B. (m. —— Roberts), 429, 434, 436

Sebor, Mary (m. —— Sheldon), 446

Sedgwick, Albert, 268

Sedg(e)wick, Charles, 292, 446

Sedgwick, Philo C., 436

Seeley, Thomas, 435

Seely, Ann, 398

Seelye, Mrs., 238

——, Mrs. George C. (Ann Eliza Jackson), relation of her school days, 287

——, Harriet, 238

Seymour (Seymore), ——, 202, 353, 370, 377

Seymore, Mrs., 46

Seymour, Mrs., 152

Seymour, Amelia Selina, 410, 416, 419

——, Ann M., 440

——, Charles, 261

——, Clarissa, 153, 402

——, Delia Storrs, 295, 410

Seymore, Eleanora, 422

Seymour, Emma (Mrs. Philip Battell), 292

——, George (m. Miss Hunt), 297, 435, 437, 438

——, Henrietta Sophronia (m. G. C. Woodruff), 242, 410, 415, 416, 419

——, Henry, 411

——, Horatio, 292, 294

——, Miss J., 270

——, James, 315

——, Jane A. (m. Dr. Josiah G. Beckwith), 295, 422, 423

——, Jane M., 426, 427

——, Julia, 446; alterations from copy of rules of Litchfield Academy (1820), 230, 231

——, Louisa (m. Stanly Lockwood), 152, 153, 295, 408, 443

——, Mabel (Strong), 295

——, Marana, 410

——, Maria S. (m. Rollin Sanford), 422, 423, 426, 427, 429, 431, 432, 434

——, McCave, 438

——, Major Moses, 20, 24

——, Moses, jr., 20, 294, 295

——, Judge Origen S., 242, 261, 297, 423

Seymour, Ozias, 24, 262

——, Samuel, 20

——, Storrs, 409

Shaw, Eliza, 397

Shedden, Jane E. R., 242, 397

Sheddon, Miss, 314

Sheldon, ——, 10, 11, 446

——, Charlotte, 43, 396; her diary (1796), 10–17

——, Dr. Daniel, 9, 10, 20, 30, 43, 63, 152, 154, 207, 235, 242, 287, 295, 296, 411, 433

——, Daniel (son of Dr. Daniel Sheldon), 10, 11, 58, 261, 262

——, Elisha, 357

——, Elizabeth, 289

——, Fanny (m. Professor Noyes), 446

——, Frederick, 55, 58, 64

——, H., 152

——, Henry, 55, 58, 152, 198

——, Huldah (m. Dr. Daniel Sheldon), 9, 53, 84, 151, 153; letter to her daughter Lucy, 55

——, Joe, 11

——, Lucy (m. Theron Beach), 21, 151, 198, 287, 296, 297, 302, 396, 397, 402; her diary (1801), 43–49; her journal (1803), 49–53; letter to her mother, 53–55; extracts from her commonplace book, 56–58; letter to her brother Henry in France, 58–64; “Dear old Litchfield,” article written for the Litchfield Enquirer, 65, 66

——, Mary (Polly), 64, 396

——, Rachel, 204

——, Sam, 204

——, William, 55, 58, 60, 242, 443

Shelton, Miss, 234, 238

——, Mary Ann, 413, 415, 416, 419, 442

——, Nicholas, 445

Shephard, Miss, 205

Sheperd, Miss, 176

Sherrill, Caroline, 419

——, Cornelia, 416

——, Esther, 426

——, Fany, 402

——, Frances, 442

Sherill, Mary, 402, 404, 408, 442

Sherrill, Julia M., 416, 419, 426

Sherwood, Miss, 172

——, Elizabeth, 422

Shetater, Mr., 15

Shipman, Miss, 199

——, Caroline, 441

Sill, Mrs. Susan, 446

Simons, Anny Fred, 397

Simpson, Martha, 432

Skiff, Abigail, 426

Skinner, Mrs. (Brace), 59, 310 Skinner, Miss, 202, 395

463——, C. W., 446

——, Fanny Smith, 269

——, Frences P., 422

——, Rachel, 396

——, Roger, 20

——, Susan, 409, 410

Skinner house, the, 295

Smith, Captain, 187

——, Dr., 13, 16, 17, 353, 364, 365

——, Mrs. Dr., 55

——, Mr., 59, 67, 68, 172, 377

——, Mrs., 45, 171, 172

——, Miss, 169, 174, 395, 396

——, Aaron, 20

——, Mrs. Aaron, 152

——, Abigail, 402, 404, 443

——, Abigail L., 408

——, Abby M., 402, 404, 408

——, Amanda, 84, 409

——, Amy Ann, 422, 426

——, Catherine, 427

——, Charles, 447

——, Charlotte M., 404, 408, 426, 427, 429, 431

——, Chauncey, 413

——, Delia M., 422, 426

——, Ellen, 429

——, Eunice, 402

——, Fanny (m. —— Skinner), 13, 270, 363, 388, 446

——, Frances M. (? N.), 238, 409, 410, 413, 415, 419

——, Miss H., 270

——, Harriet J., 434

——, Harriet M., 427

——, Hetty H., 416, 419

——, John, 446

——, Julia Ann, 408, 427, 429

——, Julian A., 404

——, Junius, 409

——, Kirby, 409, 410

——, Mary Ann, 441

——, Mary W., 242, 402, 404, 408, 442, 446

——, Nabby, 368

——, Nancy, 409

——, Reuben, 20

——, S. S., 81, 261

——, Sarah, 171, 172

——, Susan, 419

Smith, Truman, 261, 262, 433

——, Walter, 446

Smyth, Thomas Ward, 444

Southard, Mary Ann, 442

South Virginian Company, the, 1

Spencer, Laura O., 408

——, Silvester, 261, 262

——, Susan, 291

Sperry, Esther H., 408, 443

——, Henrietta, 404

——, Mary, 415, 416, 419

Sprague, ——, 444

——, ——, 446

“Spring Hill,” 299

Stages, advertisement of routes, 21, 22, 23; amount of baggage allowed, 31, 39, 58

Stanley, Mr., 53

——, Mary E., 408, 443

Stanly, Miss., 163

Stansbury, Josephine (m. Dr. Nourse), 432, 434, 436, 438

Stanton, Captain, 15

Staples, Catharine S., 404, 408

Starks, Edward, 381

Starkweather, Ann B., 399

——, Hannah S., 399

Starr, Clarissa H., 400

——, Daniel, 20

——, Eliza, 401

——, Julia, 408

Starr & Niles, 81, 416

Steel, Miss, 348

Steele, Joel, 444

Stephens, Miss (? vens), 166

Sterling, ——, 442

——, Laura, 415

Stevens, —— (m. Jane M. Wadhams), 436

——, Mr. and Mrs., 166

——, Ann Eliza, 413, 415, 419

——, Caroline, 409, 410, 411

——, Jane, 409

——, Margaret, 166

——, Mary, 409

——, Nancy, 409

——, Theresa, 410, 411

——, William, 22

Stewart, Governor, 293

Street, Maria C., 415, 419

——, Mary, 413

Stiles, E. C., 242

Stilman, Emily, 11

Stirling, John, 203

Stocking, Ann, 400

Stockton, Rev. Mr., 148

——, Polly, 347

Stoddard, Adeline, 408

——, Catharine E., 416, 419

Stone, Mrs. (Mary L. Wilbor), 412

——, Adelyne, 441

——, Agatha, 429

——, Charlotte, 446

——, Harmon, 33

——, Harriet, 446

——, Huldah (2d wife of Dr. Daniel Sheldon), 43

——, Hunt, 203

——, Lucy A., 426, 429

——, Nancy M., 419

Stone & Bolles, 262

Stores, Miss, 396

——, Maria, 443

Storrs, Charlotte, 153, 404, 408

——, Delia (Adelia) S., 410, 413, 415

——, E., 153

——, Harry, 206

——, Maria, 404, 408

——, Mary, 153

Stoten, Miss, 396

Stoutenburgh, Maria S., 397

Stowe, Professor, 182, 443

——, Mrs. Harriet Beecher, 21, 31, 80, 145, 180–182; letter referring to History by Sarah Pierce, 82

Strong, ——, 448

——, Miss, 68, 395

——, Agnes II., 422

——, Fanny, 396

——, Idea, 294

——, Hon. Jedediah, 294, 353, 354, 355, 357

——, John of Dorchester, Mass., 294

——, Judge John, 292, 293, 335

——, Lucy M., 422

——, Mabel (m. Moses Seymour, jr.), 293, 294, 335

——, Polly, 396

——, Gen. Samuel, 294, 295

Sudbury, Mass., 1

Sullivan, ——, 240

——, General, 343

Sutton, Ann Maria, 426

Swan, Betsey (m. Charles Sedgewick), 291, 446

——, Cyrus, 291

——, Harriet, 441

Swift, Miss, 201, 287, 320

——, Amy B., 426

——, Samanthe, 426

Taber, W. J., 447

Talcott, Mr., 11

——, Mary (m. James Paterson), 4, 448

Tallmadge, ——, 42

——, Mrs., 58, 301

——, Miss, 57, 195, 199

——, Col. Benjamin, 25, 29, 58, 150, 242, 257, 262, 269, 270, 315, 352, 366, 368; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 252, 253; biography, 332

——, Cornelia E., 302

——, Frederick Augustus, 444

——, Harriet W. (Mrs. John Delafield), 398

——, Henry, 443

——, Mrs. Henry (Maria Adams), 46, 301

Talmadge, John, 204

——, Francis, 204

Tallmadge, Maria (m. John P. Cushman), 242, 396; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 254

——, W., 119

——, Washington, 443

Tammage (Tallmadge), Miss, 395

Tatlor, Susan, 396

Taylor, ——, 201

——, —— (m. Sophia Taylor), 422, footnote

——, Mrs. (Mary Goodwin), 287

——, Miss, 395

——, Charlotte (m. Rev. Enoch Huntington), 426

——, Julia F., 440

——, Maria (m. Col. Samuel Canfield), 446

——, Mary, 426

464Taylor, Mary S. (m. —— Cole), 422

——, Sally, 400

——, Sophia (m. —— Taylor), 422

——, Col. William, 446

Temperance movement, the, 28

—— Society, the, 281

Temple, Lydia Ann, 426, 429, 431

“The Two Cousins,” a play, 100–118

Thomas, Lydia Ann, 422, 426

——, Mary G. (m. —— Lockwood), 432, 434, 436

——, Sarah G. (m. John W. Grannis), 432, 434, 436, 438, 439, 441

Thompson, Abby M., 416, 419

——, Anna, 297, 298

——, Clarinda, 399

——, David, 296, 411, footnote

——, Mrs. David, 296

——, Edward, 438

——, Elizabeth, 446

——, Esther H., 297

——, Jane, 416, 419

——, Mary P., 416, 419

——, P., 364

——, Sarah, 429, 431

——, William H., 262

Thorn, ——, 198

——, Cynthia M., 426

——, Mary Ann, 426

Thorne, ——, 443

Thorp, Elisa, 442

Tisdale, Mr., engraver, 370

Tod, Dr., 10, 11

——, Mr., 14, 381

——, Polly, 11

Todd, Sophia, 399

Toffey, Margaret C., 422

Tomlinson, Dr., 48, footnote, 195

——, Mr., 200

——, Miss, 70, 193, 194

——, Betsy, 396

——, Charlotte, 68, 395

——, Jane, 200

——, Lucy A., 443

——, Mary Ann, 195

——, Unic, 396

Tottens, Miss, 193

Tousey, Harriett, 419

Town, Mrs., 59

——, Miss, 59

——, Charles, 59

——, Mary, 432

Towner, Charlotte, 408

Townsend, Catharine, 408

——, Elias L., 202

——, William K., 401, footnote

Towny, ——, 201

Tracy, Mr., 50, 352

——, Mrs., 12, 17, 44

——, Caroline, 397

——, Charles C., 435, 438

——, Ferebe (m. John McNeil), 434, 436, 438, 439

Tracy, Julia, 12

——, Julia F., 419

——, Lucy H., 413, 415

——, Mary Caroline (m. Charles Keith), 432, 434, 436, 438

——, Sally (m. Judge James Gould), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

——, Mrs. Susan, 242, 397, 402

——, Gen. Uriah, 12, 20

Treadway, G., 262

Treat, Adelia S., 435

——, Catharine, 435

——, Clarissa B., 415

——, Mary, 413

Trenor, Eliza E., 426

Tripler, Jane Elizabeth C., 426

Trowbridge, Dr., 382

——, Miss, 395

——, Fanny, 408

——, Julia C. (m. Henry Mansfield), 416, 419, 422, 423

——, S., 262

Trobridge, Sally, 396

Trumbull, Jonathan, jr., 342, 344, 356, 357, 358, 359

——, Sally, 11

Tryon, Cornelia (m. Gen. Joseph Brown), 446

Tufts, Miss, 236

——, Martha M., 237, 410, 413, 415

——, Susan, 237, 413, 415

Turner, Captain, 347

Tuthill, Ann, 398

Tuttle, Lucy, 408

Twining, Mrs., 54

——, Miss, 302

——, Helen A. (m. —— Magill), 422, 423

——, Mary P., 410, 415

Umphres, Miss, 395

Underwood, Mrs., 299

Underwood house, the, Litchfield, 25

Underwood property, the, 44, footnote

United States Hotel, the, Litchfield, 32, 35, 295

“Universal History,” list of subscribers (1811), 397–400; list of subscribers (1816), 402–404; list of subscribers (1823), 416, 417

Usher, Harriet, 399

Vail, Dr. Charles, 436

Valentine, Maria Ann, 426

V——n, S. A. E., 154

Van Benthuysen, Cornelia, 404, 408

Van Bleek, Eliza, 401

Vanden Heuvel, Mr., 194

Vanderbourg, Dr., 330

Van Der Heyden, Jane E. (m. Isaac Lansing), 435, 436

Vanderheyden, John, 353

Vander Heyden, Sally Ann Maria, 404, 408

Vanderheysen, Mrs. S. A., 315

Van Deshuyden, Jan, 432

Van Deusen, Catalina, 408

——, Helen, 429, 431, 432, 435

——, Rachel, 408

Van Dyck, Elsie, 422

Van Gaasbeek, Sarah, 398

Van Kleeck, Cornelia B., 398

——, Mary, 422

Van Rensalaer, General, 199

Van Slyck, Elizabeth (Eliza), 404, 408

Van Vleck, Maria, 426

Van Voorhis, Hester, 398

Van Wagner (Wagener, Wagenen), Maria, 416, 419, 422

Van Winkle, the Misses, 24

——, Edgar S., 436

Van Winkler, Elizabeth, 439

Van Wyck, Ann, 398, 443

——, Sarah, 398

Vernon, J., 354

Verplank, E., 119

Verplanck, Eliza A., 408

——, Mary B., 404, 408

Very (Verry), Olivia, 404, 408

Vose, Captain, 195

Wadhams, Miss, 297

——, Jane M. (m. —— Steavens), 435, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441

——, Marana, 440, 441

Wadsworth, General, 343

——, Mr., 10

——, Miss, 152

——, Amos, 262

——, Charles, 427

——, Elijah, 20

——, Eliza F., 446

——, Harriet (m. Dr. Kilbourne), 435, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441; her reminiscences, 286, 287

——, James H., 261

——, Juliet, 404, 408

——, Miss M., 270, 271

——, Mary (Mrs. Elisha Chester), 189, footnote

——, Mary Ann, 422, 426, 427

——, Miss Rhoda, 395

Waite, ——, 446

——, Miss, 149

Wait(e), Louisa, 188, 250

Wakeman, the Misses, 148

——, Nancy B., 404, 408

——, Zilpha C., 408

Waldo, Miss, 167, 169, 172

Walsh, Julia Ann, 429, 431

Ward, “Uncle Billy,” 25

——, Ellen, 441

——, Frances E., 422

——, Harriet M., 411, 431, 432, 435, 438, 439

——, Jane (m. Herman Warner), 435, 436

——, Henrietta J. (m. Hon. Freeman Clark), 435, 436, 438, 439

465Ward, Henry, 409, 411

——, John, 436

——, Julia, 415

——, R. B., 419, footnote, 422, footnote

——, Roswell, 423, 436

Wardell, Jane, 399

——, Sally A., 399

Warner, Ann, 432

——, Herman, 436

——, Lucinda, 415

——, Rosetta, 426

——, Susan N., 400

Warren, 204

Washington, General, 1, 239, 326, 327, 328, 339, 350, 351, 379

——, Mrs., 326, 350, 351

Waters, Mr., 240

Watertown, Mass., 1, 13

Watkins, Catherine S., 427, 429

Watkinson, J., 381

Watson, ——, 446

Webb, Catherine Cebra (m. Rensselaer Havens), 408; her diary (1815–1816), 148–150

——, Catherine L., 150, 404, 408

——, Catherine M. (m. Roswell B. Ward), 404, 416, 419, 422, 423, 426, 428, 429, 431, 432, 435, 436

——, Charles N., 261

——, Frances Maria (m. Alexander G. Fraser), 148, 397

——, Henry, 409, 410

——, James Watson, 150

——, Orange, 148

Webb & Lamb, 148

Webster, Edwin, 409

——, Julia, 441

——, Noah, 204

Welch, E., 153

——, John, 20

Welles, Mrs., 172

——, Abbie A., 422

——, Charles, 172

——, Jane, 408

——, Mary, 443

Wells, Mary, 152

Wessells, Colonel, 445

West, Louisa, 429

West School House, 262

Wey, Mrs. Caroline, 327

Weyman, Miss, 237, 238

——, Mary Jane, 410, 411, 413, 415, 419

Wheaton, Caroline, 435

——, Elvira, 428, 430

Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs., 150

White, Elisa, 443

Whiteside, ——, 443

Whiting, Lieutenant-Colonel, 359

——, Mrs., 290

——, Jason, 261, 268

Whiting, Lizzie, 290

Whitlock, Caroline E., 409, 410, 415, 416, 419

——, Mary, 409, 410

Whitman, Ann S. (m. Henry Farnam), 435, 436, 439, 441

Whitney, Captain, 194, 353

Whittlesey, Chauncey, 66

——, David, 408

——, Dolly, 426

——, Frances P., 408

——, Fred, 198

——, Mary, 438, 439

——, Matilda, 408

——, Samuel, 413

——, Thomas, 201

Whittlesy, Miss, 162

——, Martha, 439

Wilbor, Mary L. (Mrs. Stone), 412, 413, 415; extracts from her diary (1822), 234–241

Wilcox, ——, 443

Willard, Emma, 294, 296

Willard Academy, the, beginning of, reminiscences of Dr. Josiah G. Beckwith, 292–295

Williams, Captain, 235

——, Mr., 198

——, Mrs., 363

——, Miss, 207, 395

——, Abigail, 410

——, Catharine R., 435

——, Hannah, 363

——, Joanna W., 416, 419

——, Marietta, 435

——, Sally, 396

Williamson, Esther, 410

——, Caroline, 410

Willis, Mary, 378

Wilman, Samuel, 424

Wilmading, ——, 396

Wilson, Eliza, 400

——, Sarah Jane, 426

Winchester, Mary (m. —— Reed), 422, 426

Winne, M. A., 446

——, Maria, 409

Winship, Chloe M., 435, 438, 439, 440

——, Elisa F., 430

——, Elizabeth, 441

——, Emmeline, 439, 440

——, James, 262

——, Julia C. (m. —— French), 432, 435, 436

——, Nathaniel, 423

Witless, Jenny (? fictitious name), 381

Woburn, Mass., 1, 2

Wolcott, ——, 42

Wolcott, Mrs., 152, 153, 301

——, Betsey, 409

——, Charles M. (m. Miss Goodrich, Miss Rankin), 430, 431, 432, 435, 437

——, E., 242; poem in Mary Peck’s album, 247–248

Wolcott, Elizabeth, 410

——, Elizabeth W., 446

——, F. H., 446

——, Frederick, 20, 27, 242, 249, 261, 262, 265, 267, 332, 409, 410, 413, 433

——, Hannah H., 151, 153, 242, 399, 402, 404, 408, 443

——, Huntington, 443

——, John, 152

——, John L., 261

——, Laura Maria (m. Robert Rankin), 332, 413, 415, 416, 419, 422, 423

——, M. G., 242

——, Mary Ann, 316, 332, 401, 408, 443

——, Mary Ann G., 399, 404

——, Gov. Oliver, sr., 342, 346, 358

——, Gov. Oliver, jr., 25, 26, 27, 32, 151, 152, 194, 242, 243, 257, 261, 295, 315, 331, 332

——, Roger, 331

——, S. W., 242

Wolcott family, the, sketch, 331, 332

Wood, Miss, 151

——, Frances W., 422

——, Patty D., 409

——, Phoebe, 404, 409

Woodbridge, Betsey, 11

——, Harriet, 411, 416, 419, 423

——, Julia F., 411, 412

——, Juliana T., 423, 426, 428

——, Katherine, 402

——, Mary, 428

——, Sarah, 416, 419, 423

Woodbury, ——, 7

Woodruff, Charles H., 80, 197

——, Curtis I. (? T.) 428, 431

——, Emily, 400

——, Eunice J., 426, 447

——, Fanny, 432

——, Francis, 441

——, Mrs. G. C. (Henrietta S. Seymour), 242

——, Lewis B., 445

——, Lucy M. (m. Origen S. Seymour), 423

——, N., 378

Woodward, T. G., 81

Woolsey, Miss, 199

Wooster, M— D—id, 302

Worthington, Mary M., 413, 415

——, Sarah, 413, 415

Woudon, General, 351

Wyck, Rev. Mr., 170

Wylls (Wyllis), Mary, 362, 363, 378

Yerkes, Margaret, 439

Young, Captain, 372

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