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
Robbins, 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
——, M^cCave, 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
——, 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
Taylor, 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
Ward, 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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Footnote 1:
From The Descendants of John Pers of Watertown, by Frederick Clifton
Pierce.
Footnote 2:
Morris’s Statistical Account.
Footnote 3:
Mr. John P. Brace in his address, page 307, states the actual number
to have been about three thousand.
Footnote 4:
Sally Tracy married Judge James Gould.
Footnote 5:
Collars.
Footnote 6:
At that date the New England Sabbath began at sundown on Saturday and
ended at sundown on Sunday.
Footnote 7:
Wife of Gen. Uriah Tracy.
Footnote 8:
From Mr. Gay, of Farmington, Connecticut.
Footnote 9:
Built just south of the Congregational parsonage.
Footnote 10:
History of Litchfield, Payne K. Kilbourne, Hartford, 1859.
Footnote 11:
Census in Appendix.
Footnote 12:
See Letter of Lucy Sheldon.
Footnote 13:
Daughter of Susan Masters.
Footnote 14:
Jonathan.
Footnote 15:
Mrs. Wm. Curtis Noyes.
Footnote 16:
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe in Poganuc People, xvii. 184.
Footnote 17:
See plates.
Footnote 18:
A primitive Ferris Wheel.
Footnote 19:
Ruth, page 84; The Two Cousins, page 100; Jephthah’s Daughter, page
119.
Footnote 20:
History of Litchfield, Kilbourne.
Footnote 21:
Our Grandmothers’ Gowns. Mrs. Alfred W. Hunt. London, Simpkin,
Marshall and Co.
Footnote 22:
Now in the possession of J. Deming Perkins, Esq., of Litchfield.
Footnote 23:
Vol. i. p. 209.
Footnote 24:
Vol. i. p. 225.
Footnote 25:
House now occupied by Mrs. Child.
Footnote 26:
On southeast corner of the Underwood property.
Footnote 27:
See Plate X.
Footnote 28:
She probably means a little in Sir Charles Grandison.
Footnote 29:
See Plate XI.
Footnote 30:
Maria Adams, afterwards Mrs. Henry Tallmadge.
Footnote 31:
Afterward wife of Dr. Tomlinson.
Footnote 32:
See the play of “Ruth,” page 84.
Footnote 33:
Her piano was made by George Astor and was probably bought of his
brother John Jacob Astor. It is still in its old place in her house on
North Street, now occupied by Mrs. Nathaniel Rochester Child. It is
made in two parts, the body of the instrument fitting on the top of a
light separate frame with four slender legs. Pianos of this make were
often carried about from house to house by the law students when
needed for a ball.—ED.
Footnote 34:
House now owned by Miss Bulkeley, east side of North Street.—E. N. V.
Footnote 35:
A heavy white cotton cloth.—E. N. V.
Footnote 36:
The following are probably childish copies of writings by Miss Pierce.
Footnote 37:
The lists of subscribers to these Histories are in Appendix C. Copies
of the Histories are owned by the Litchfield Historical Society.
Footnote 38:
Mrs. Charles Perkins of Norwich.
Footnote 39:
Copied from original MSS. given by Mrs. Asa Gray, grandniece of Miss
Pierce, to the Litchfield Historical Society.
Footnote 40:
Vol. i. p. 228.
Footnote 41:
Colonel Tallmadge.
Footnote 42:
Dated 1816.
Footnote 43:
From Autobiography of Lyman Beecher. Vol. i. pp. 226–228.
Footnote 44:
Life of Mrs. H. B. Stowe. Vol. i. pp. 534–536.
Footnote 45:
Extract from the Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, by her son. The
composition occupies six or seven pages.
Footnote 46:
Autobiography of Lyman Beecher. Vol. i. pp. 281–282.
Footnote 47:
Both in possession of Miss Annie Chester, of Waterford, Conn.
Footnote 48:
Mary Chester was born Wednesday, March 23, 1796. Departed this life at
Groton, Conn., Monday, Oct. 23, 1820, at 10 o’clock P. M. Aged twenty
four years and seven months. Daughter of Elisha Chester and Mary
Wadsworth, his wife. Elisha Chester was deacon of the First Church of
Christ (Congregational), in Groton, Conn.
Footnote 49:
Mr. Beecher.
Footnote 50:
These letters are in possession of Mrs. Mary Henrietta Park, daughter
of Edwin Chester, to whom the letter is addressed: Stockton, San
Joaquin Co., California. Sent by Mrs. John J. Copp (Ellen Chester),
Groton, Conn.