Henrietta Clay Gist letters, 9 January 1844-12 April 1844.

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Henrietta Clay Gist letters, 9 January 1844-12 April 1844.

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Collection includes 5 letters (with transcripts) written by Henrietta Clay Gist (age 15) while in boarding school in Louisville, Kentucky to her sister Susan Gist of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. A student at Episcopal Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith's academy at his home, "Kalorama," Gist writes her sister concerning school events, her impressions of Louisville, various young men, and other family matters. The letters provide good insights into life at an all-girls boarding school during the mid 19th century and the social life and attitudes of teenage girls of the era.

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Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884

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Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. From the description of Benjamin Bosworth Smith papers, 1825-1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664136572 Bishop, Educator. Born in Rhode Island, Smith received a degree from Brown University in 1816. After his ordination into the priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he served in parishes in Massachusetts, Virginia, Vermont, and Pennsylvania before h...

Gist, Henrietta Clay, 1828-1884.

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