CHRONICLES OF A PIONEER SCHOOL [Illustration: 19th-century portrait of an elderly woman in a dark dress with a white ruffled collar and lace bonnet, seated and facing slightly toward the viewer. Signature "S. Pierce" below.] CHRONICLES OF A PIONEER SCHOOL FROM 1792 TO 1833 BEING THE HISTORY OF MISS SARAH PIERCE AND HER LITCHFIELD SCHOOL COMPILED BY EMILY NOYES VANDERPOEL VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE LITCHFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY AUTHOR OF “COLOR PROBLEMS” EDITED BY ELIZABETH C. BARNEY BUEL, A.B. PRINTED BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS =Cambridge, Mass.= 1903 _Copyright, 1903_ BY EMILY NOYES VANDERPOEL TO JANE LORING WIFE OF PROFESSOR ASA GRAY AND GREAT NIECE OF SARAH PIERCE THIS TRIBUTE TO HER AUNT IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED CONTENTS. PAGE ANCESTRY OF MISS PIERCE 1 1792–1793. Contemporary Notices of Miss Pierce and her School—History of Litchfield, Woodruff—History of Connecticut, Hollister—Centennial Address, Church—Centennial Poem, Pierpont—Letter from Mrs. Cutler 6 1796. Charlotte Sheldon—Her Diary 10 1797. Julia Cowles—Her Diary 17 1798. Subscription List for Building First Academy 19 1801–1868. Litchfield at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century—Lucy Sheldon—Her Diary—Her Letter to her Mother—Reply—Extracts from her Commonplace Book—Letter to her Brother—Article written by her 20 1802. Mary Ann Bacon—Her Diary—Her Compositions—Extracts from her Commonplace Book 66 1805. Susan Masters’ School Bill 80 1811–1820. Miss Pierce’s Histories—Letter from Mrs. Stowe—Names of Prize Books—Report of Judges for Prize of Merit—Plays by Miss Pierce—Mrs. Stowe’s Reminiscences of a Play 80