Papers, 1779-1844.

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Papers, 1779-1844.

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Letters to Thomas and Sarah Coit in Canterbury, Conn., from their children and to their son, Stephen Coit from his brother Joseph, a surveyor in Ellsworth, Ohio; includes a poem by Lydia Sigourney on the death of Sarah Coit's neice, Charlotte Chester.

1 envelope (41 items) ; 38 x 26 x 3 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

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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...

Coit, Thomas, 1752-1832.

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Chester, Charlotte, 1787-1844.

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Coit, Stephen, 1793-

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Coit, Sarah Chester, 1752-1834.

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Coit, Joseph, 1783-

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Coit Family.

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