Hale, Harriet Johnson

Harriet Johnson was born in Newbury, Vermont. Her father was David Johnson, a merchant. She began attending Ipswich Female Seminary in 1833 and graduated in 1837. For a time in 1834-1835 she also worked as a teacher in Byfield, Massachusetts. She married Isaac Hale of Providence, Rhode Island and had eight children before she died in 1865.

From the guide to the Hale Papers MS 0560., 1830-1837, (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)