Diary, 1837 Mar.-1838 Jul., 1862-1883, 1904 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Diary, 1837 Mar.-1838 Jul. and 1862-1883, of Mary Lorrain Peters Overmann of New York City, kept by her as a young woman, before her marriage to Henry John Overmann, while attending the Grove Hall School, a private girls academy in New Haven, Connecticut; while attending Picot's French school in Philadelphia; and while staying with her family in New York City. Later entries include miscellaneous biographical and genealogical notes, and an account of her trip to Germany in 1865-1866. As a student in New Haven and Philadelphia, Mary Lorrain Peters writes of her daily routine at boarding school, her friends and instructors, her studies and social activities, meal times, local events, visits with family, family news, the death of her mother in 1838, the subsequent remarriage of her father, holidays spent with her family in New York City, etc. Also included is a poem by her childhood friend Emily Bliss, followed by a capsule biography of Emily Bliss (later Mrs. Emily Bliss Gould), an account of Mrs. Overmann's trip to Germany in 1865-1866, a brief account, dated 1904, of the Covell and Peters families; selections of transcribed verse; two poems written by Mary Overmann's aunt, Mary Peters (Mrs. Samuel) Wilkeson; and a loose inserted sheet of paper with the rules governing the conduct of students attending Picot's school, 1838-1839