Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 : $b being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school
History
Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 : $b being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school
Litchfield Female Academy (Conn.) -- History
Have you rose early enough for the duties of the morning. Have you read
a portion of scripture by yourself. Have you prayed to that God in Whose
hands your breath is.
Have you in all cases done unto others as you would be done by. Have
been angry—Have spoke evil of any one. Have you attended public worship.
Have you behaved in the house of God with that reverence due to his holy
Character. Have you wasted any part of holy time by idle conversation,
light reading, or sloth.
Have you wasted any time during the week. Have you shown decent and
respectful behaviour to those who have the charge over you. Your
parents, elders, Brothers and sisters, teachers, domestics, the aged, or
people who are older then yourself. Have you been patient in acquiring
your lessons. Have you been polite and good humored to your Companions.
Have you been modest in your deportment not boistrous or rude. Have you
spoken the truth as all tho it were to your hurt. Have you used the name
of God irreverently or spoken any thing which is a brief of the third
Commandment. Have you spoken any indecent word or by any action
discovered a want of true feminine delicacy. Have you been neat in your
person, made no unnecessary trouble by carelessness in your chamber or
with your clothes. Have you torn your clothes, books, or maps. Have you
wasted paper, quills, or any other articles. Have you walked out without
liberty. Have you combed your hair with a fine tooth comb, and cleaned
your teeth every morning. Have you eaten any green fruit during the
week.
1815–1816.
CATHERINE CEBRA WEBB—HER DIARY.
Catherine Cebra Webb was born at 84 Beekman Street, New York City,
January 25, 1801, _Daughter of Orange Webb_ (a shipping merchant of the
firm of Webb and Lamb, corner Pearl Street and Burlington Slip, and
ruling elder in the Old Brick Church) and _Elizabeth Cebra_ (daughter of
Mr. James Cebra, of the Custom House).
Catherine Cebra Webb entered Miss Pierce’s school in the summer of 1815,
and boarded at first in the family of Lyman Beecher, until Mrs.
Beecher’s death, and then with the Misses Edwards on North Street,
nearly opposite the school. Catherine remained only a few months in
Litchfield,—the climate proving too severe for her. July 20, 1818, she
married Mr. Rensselaer Havens (a shipping merchant of the firm of
Perkins and Havens, 198 Front Street, New York City, and ruling elder in
the Old Brick Church for thirty years). Mrs. Havens has had eight
children, nineteen grandchildren, and twenty four great-grandchildren.
She has lived since 1873 in Stamford, Connecticut, and is now in her
ninety-sixth year.
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