Almira (Hart) Phelps (1793 - 1884)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Almira Hart was born in Berlin, Connecticut in 1793. She was the daughter of Samuel Hart and Lydia Hinsdale. She was both a student and a teacher at Berlin Academy, in Worthington, Connecticut. Later, she became associated with the Patapsco Female Institute, Ellicott City, Maryland. She was an author and administrator there. After retiring from the Patapsco Institute in 1856, she moved to Baltimore, Maryland. Almira (Hart) (Lincoln) Phelps died in Baltimore in 1884. She is buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore City, Maryland.

Research Notes

• Date of death may be incorrect on headstone; should be 1884.

• There is a 1936 University of Pennsylvania thesis about the life and work of Almira Hart. See images for the Franklin (University of Pennsylvania library catalog) bibliographical record.

• Almira Phelps was added to the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2010. Here is a link to her biography there: https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshallfame/html/phelps.html

• Can't tell exactly how to categorize this one. Mrs. Phelps was the editor of this volume published in 1864:

Our country, in its relations to the past, present and future. A national book, consisting of original articles in prose and verse, contributed by American writers, by Mrs. Lincoln Phelps (1793 - 1884), editor. (Baltimore, Maryland: Printed by J. D. Toy, 1864). It has a clear "Northern" focus. Several editions of this book are available at The Internet Archive (archive.org); accessed 6 September 2022.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35496131/almira-phelps: accessed 03 September 2022), memorial page for Almira Hart Phelps (15 Jul 1793–15 Jul 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35496131, citing Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Kelly M. Scarff (contributor 50834497).

• Four lives in science : women's education in the nineteenth century, by Lois Arnold (New York, Schocken Books, 1984), pages 37 - 60. This source is freely available from The Internet Archive (archive.org); accessed 3 September 2022.