. Historic Litchfield, 1721-1907; being a short account of the history of the old houses of Litchfield; . A LITCHFIELD PERENNIAL GARDEN. JUNE ROSES IN A LITCHFIELD GARDEN 25 house built in 1803, but there was no boarding-school in themodern acceptation of the term. The rest of the pupilsboarded with different families throughout the town, as didalso those of the Law School. There were some years asmany as one hundred or more belonging to each school.* Imagine these now quiet streets with red coaches rat-tling through them, with signs of importer, publisher, gold-smith, hatter, etc., hanging on
. Historic Litchfield, 1721-1907; being a short account of the history of the old houses of Litchfield; . A LITCHFIELD PERENNIAL GARDEN. JUNE ROSES IN A LITCHFIELD GARDEN 25 house built in 1803, but there was no boarding-school in themodern acceptation of the term. The rest of the pupilsboarded with different families throughout the town, as didalso those of the Law School. There were some years asmany as one hundred or more belonging to each school.* Imagine these now quiet streets with red coaches rat-tling through them, with signs of importer, publisher, gold-smith, hatter, etc., hanging on the shops, with young menarriving on horseback to attend the Law School and dividetheir attention between their studies of the law and studiesof the pretty girls of the Female Academy. Then therewere some gay bloods from the South so much at home inthe town that they disported themselves in pink ginghamfrock-coats. So said an eye-witness. To complete the pic-ture, there was the daily procession of school girls takingtheir exercise to the sound of flute and flageolet, and surelyit was a lively scene. The first use of the violin in
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