Norwich Public Schools BRIDGES Program Staff, and students from Uncas and Moriarty Schools, were among the first to examine the autograph book kept by Frances Manwaring Caulkins and an album of pressed “Sea-Mosses” that was presented to Ms. Caulkins in 1860.
The two books will remain on display at the Leffingwell House Museum, Norwich, throughout the Norwich 350th Anniversary Celebration.
Ms. Caulkins (1795-1869) was a prolific writer centering literary attention on two radically different areas of concern: the religious education of young people and local history.
Ms. Caulkins is well known for writing The History of Norwich, Connecticut, from Its Settlement in 1660 to January, 1845.
Posted on May 27th, 2009 | category: Featured Articles
