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
At a meeting on the 19th October, 1832, “the resignation of John P.
Brace as Trustee, Secretary of the Board and Assistant Teacher was read
and accepted.” Frederick Wolcott and Oliver Goodwin were appointed a
committee to wait on Miss Sarah Pierce to learn her views regarding the
continuance of the school.
[_Notices of Change of Teachers from the Litchfield Enquirer, October
31^{st} 1833._]
EDITORIAL NOTICE:
“_Litchfield Female Academy._—We feel no disposition to say much more
upon this subject than to call the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of the Trustees in a subsequent column, which is very
full and explicit. The acquisition to the school of Miss Gimbred, we
consider as a very fortunate and important one. This school has always
maintained a very elevated rank among the literary institutions of the
country; and under the management of its present excellent
instructors, we feel no apprehension but what it will fully maintain
its deserved celebrity.”
TRUSTEES’ NOTICE:
“LITCHFIELD FEMALE ACADEMY.”
“The Trustees of the _Litchfield Female Academy_, in consequence of a
recent change in some of the principal instructors, consider it their
duty to state to the public the present condition and prospects of
this Institution.
“This school was founded about forty years since by Miss _Sarah
Pierce_; and under her care and superintendence it early acquired a
distinguished rank among the literary institutions of our country.
This rank it has fully sustained to the present time. There have
generally been young ladies in this school from one half the States in
the Union, and the number has varied from 80 to 130. Miss Pierce has
now retired from the performance of any active duties in this
institution; but she feels a deep interest in its prosperity, and will
visit it daily; and it is to be hoped that, as heretofore, in answer
to her prayers, the blessing of heaven may descend upon it. Mr. _John
P. Brace_, who for eighteen years was a very able and distinguished
instructor in this school, nearly a year since accepted the
appointment of Principal in the Female Seminary at Hartford.
Notwithstanding the removal of these eminent instructors, the Trustees
state, with high gratification, that in their opinion this institution
has never been more worthy of public confidence and patronage, and its
prospects have never been more flattering than at the present time.
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