A Catalogue of the scollars of Deerfield Academy the two first quarters from January 1st to June 26th 1799 A Elijah Alvord H John Hawks T Eliza Taylor James Chapman L Job Lyman S Polly Smith A Caleb Alvord H Moses Hayden W Avory Williams George Chapman L George Lomis S Lucy Stebbins A Willard Arms H Robert Hubbard W Thomas Wells Jackson Dickinson L Elihu Lyman S Avice Stebbins A George Arms L Stephen Lee S Thomas Sexton Rodolphus Dickinson M Noah D Mattoon S Betsy Stockbridge A Josiah L Arms L Job Lyman W Ruth Wait Stephen Dickinson M Dorothy Mattoon T Howard Thayr B Ruth Banister L Elihu Lyman The Second Quarter Clarissa Dickinson M Thoms Miller T Jabez Taylor B Henry Billings L Hooker Leavitt A Fanny Alexander Parley Fairbanks M Isaac Moor W Wm Wells B Charles Billings M Thomas Miller A Phineas Adams Spencer Field M Louisa M Morris W Ruth Wait B Jesse Billings M Levi S McGee A Elijah Alvord John Forbs N Abner Nims W Phinchas Williams B Lemuel Barnard M Noah D Mattoon A Willard Arms Betsy Field P Polly Parsons W Avory Williams B Edward Barnard N Jabez Newhall A Amos Amsden Amos Gould P Thaddeus Phelps W Cynthya Ward B Isaas J Barnard P Meriam Pomeroy A Dorothy Arms Nancy Goodhue P Miriam Pomeroy W Stephen W Williams C David Caldwell P Judith Pomeroy A Robert Ashley Moses Hayden P Judith Pomeroy W John Howard Wells C James Chapman P Gamaliel Pomeroy A Josiah L Arms Harry Hitchcock G Gamaliel Pomeroy H John Henshaw C George Chapman P Lucy Parsons B Isaas Barber Edward Houghton P Susanna Porter     D Abel Dwolf P George Prescot B Rufus Belding Robert Hubbard P Sally Porter     D Wm Dickinson R Samuel Root B Edward Barnard Lewis Hunt P Peggy Porter   Enos Bronson Preceptor 1st Term D Stephen Dickinson S Charlotte Stebbins B Lemuel Barnard Polly Kellogg P George Prescot   John William Junr Usher 1st Term D Rodolpos Dickinson S Joseph Stebbins B Rebecca Barnard Hooker Leavitt P Arad Pomeroy   Claudius Herrick Preceptor E John Edson S Patience Stockbridge B Jesse Billings Calvin Lomis P Liscom Phillips   Elisha P Cullen and Elijah Alvord F Wm Fisher S Joseph Severance B Edmund Bliss Fanny Lyman S Thomas Sexton   Ushers for the Second Term G Amos Gould S Oliver Smith B Laura Buffington Nathaniel Lomis S Oliver Smith

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Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, opened in January 1799, and this "Catalogue of the scollars" [sic] shows forty-nine students enrolled for the first quarter term that winter. Although the practice of admitting females was not standard among academies at the time - they were not accepted at either of the Phillips academies - eight female students were among Deerfield's forty-nine. Fifteen of the first students came from Deerfield families. All of the students studied reading, writing, and English grammar. The academy's practice of keeping enrollment lists was short-lived, stopping when it closed temporarily for construction in 1810 and not resuming after it reopened.

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