Local scholars, as well as those from a distance of 100 miles, attended Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Henry Hitchcock (1783-1861) of Deerfield met Betsey Kimberley (1790-1879) of West Haven, Connecticut, while they were students at the academy. They established a friendship which was nurtured by correspondence in which Hitchcock says if she would come back to Deerfield he “would be pleased to wait upon” her, meaning he would court her. She apparently was interested also, for they were married three years later on October 29, 1810.
Hitchcock, Henry. Deerfield Academy student letter to Betsey Kimberley. May 31, 1807. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l99-105/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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