Party, May 1847.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Party, May 1847.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25780674

Invitation list indicating names and streets of residece in Hartford, Conn. of persons of high social standing, including three governors and the Sigourneys; the name of the host is not indicated.

4 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7149729

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63g5gbr (person)

Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...