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Juliana Howell journal

Collection — manuscript box: 68 - folder 1

Identifier: 4953

Scope and content

Daily report of activities, thoughts, and religious sentiments. Includes numerous references to the Reverend Lyman Beecher.

Dates

1816-1817.

Creator

Howell, Juliana. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Juliana Howell came from Orange County, N.Y., and attended the Litchfield Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. The Academy, run by Sarah Pierce, was one of the pioneering institutions for women's education in this country. Juliana Howell boarded with the family of the Reverend Lyman Beecher while she attended the school. Women's academies at this time often required girls to keep journals like this one.