John Metcalf Garfield papers, 1812-1872 (inclusive).

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John Metcalf Garfield papers, 1812-1872 (inclusive).

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Half of the papers consist of a diary (1815-1816) and notes kept while Garfield was a student at Yale University. Later material documents his activities as a teacher and as a clergyman. Included are notes on sermons, on classical literature, account books, a record of baptism, marriages and funerals (1826-1872), and papers on the New Haven Female Seminary and the Albany Female Seminary. Also included is the account book (1821-1825) of his wife, Ann Lyon Garfield.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Yale University.

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Yale University. Class of 1884

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Garfield, Ann Lyon, d. 1872.

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Garfield, John Metcalf, 1790-1872.

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JOHN METCALF GARFIELD, eldest son of Timothy and Eunice (Pond) Garfield, was born 21 July, 1790, in Grafton, Mass. After graduation from Yale in 1816 he began the study of law with Seth P. Staples of New Haven. At the close of his second year, he became a teacher in the Lansingburgh (N. Y.) Academy, and after a year spent there, took charge of the Grammar School in Troy, N. Y. In 1819 he established a Female Seminary in New Haven, which he conducted successfu...