Cowles, Julia (1785–1803)

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Cowles, Julia (1785–1803)

American diarist. Born Oct 18, 1785, in Farmington, Connecticut; died 1803; dau. of Zenas Cowles and Mary Lewis.

At 11, sent to Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield; maintained a diary from then until her death at 18, which was published as The Diaries of Julia Cowles: A Connecticut Record 1791–1803 (1931).

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