Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 [electronic resource] : being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school . a pupil in the school at an earlier date. She was a beautiful girland a belle with the law students. When but fifteen jcars old shemarried David Gardiner of East Hampton, Long Island. REMINISCENCES OF MRS. A. S. FARNAM. I went to Litchfield in the Spring of 1830, Mr. Brace was at thehead of the school, but Miss Pierce came into the school every morn-ing and taught the class in Universal History which was a book of herown compiling, and she used often to gi
Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 [electronic resource] : being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school . a pupil in the school at an earlier date. She was a beautiful girland a belle with the law students. When but fifteen jcars old shemarried David Gardiner of East Hampton, Long Island. REMINISCENCES OF MRS. A. S. FARNAM. I went to Litchfield in the Spring of 1830, Mr. Brace was at thehead of the school, but Miss Pierce came into the school every morn-ing and taught the class in Universal History which was a book of herown compiling, and she used often to give the girls talks. ... I thinkof her as a little old lady active and bright; somehow I have a moredistinct recollection of her half-brother and sister who lived with her;I think Miss Mary kept the house ; I dont remember any assistantteachers at all; I do remember three or four boys who attended theschool because there was no boys school in town ; one was WillieJones, the son of Parson Jones as he was called ; another was son of 1 See connection between the Pierce and Willard Schools in the Keuiin-iscences of Dr. Beckwith, page LVII. — LiTCHFiELP Costume of about 1827Black crape bonnet made for his widow to wear at the funeral of Mr. Cheney
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