Autograph book, 1860.

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Autograph book, 1860.

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Autograph book kept by a student at the Hartford Female Seminary in 1860. Includes autographs from classmates and others, including Lydia Huntley Sigourney. Some of the girls' photographs are in the volume as well.

1 volume.

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8074830

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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...

Hartford Female Seminary (Hartford, Conn.)

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Hartford Female Seminary was founded in 1828 in Hartford, Conn. From the description of Catalogue, 1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007154 ...