Note 88 — 1852.
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Dr. Croswell was to Catskill in the medical profession what the Rev. Dr. Porter was in the clerical. Growing up with the town he became its leading physician; and by virtue of his ability, courtesy, and true kindness of heart, he acquired such popularity that he easily retained the position till his death, which occurred in 1844. We have an evidence of Dr. Croswell’s popularity, and of his integrity as well, in the fact that for more than fifty years he was Post-Master of Catskill. He received the appointment during the first term of the Presidency of Washington; acting first under a letter of instructions until the full organization of the P. O. department, when he received a commission in form, which he held until his death.
About the time of the marriage her sister, Miss Sally Pierce,[89] afterward assisted in some branches by her sister Miss Mary Pierce, opened a school which subsequently became the celebrated Litchfield Seminary. If I am correctly informed this was the first seminary for the education of young ladies from distant places, ever established in our country. Daughters of prominent families were sent to remain under its decisive Christian influences, and to secure its then unusual educational advantages, from all parts of New England and of this State. They came from Boston, New Haven, and Hartford, from the city of New York, many from Albany, and a number from Whitestown and Westmoreland—then the far west both of our own State and our country.[90] Several went from Catskill, and some, who received more than intellectual training at this excellent school, were present at the funeral of Mrs. Croswell. “Miss Sally Pierce,” is a musical name to the ears of many, and they never heard it pronounced without a glow in their hearts of revering and grateful love.