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    Almira M Clary (Bennett)

    Birth: unknown

    Death: 1882

    Birth Date Prefix: c.1787

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    Alternate Surname: Bennet

    Nickname: Miss Bennet

Biography

Possibly found in 18341228FMS_WHS1 as Miss Bennet. Frances says a student from Miss Bennet's school has died of scarlet fever. Miss Almira Bennett initially had a school over the printing office. Then she and her sister opened a boarding school for girls in 1820 or 1821 on the shores of Owasco Lake called Harmony Retreat. Miss Bennett married Dr. Joseph Clary in the late 1830s after the school closed.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 28, 1834

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Biography: 
Possibly found in 18341228FMS_WHS1 as Miss Bennet. Frances says a student from Miss Bennet's school has died of scarlet fever. Miss Almira Bennett initially had a school over the printing office. Then she and her sister opened a boarding school for girls in 1820 or 1821 on the shores of Owasco Lake called Harmony Retreat. Miss Bennett married Dr. Joseph Clary in the late 1830s after the school closed.
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http://books.google.com/books?id=jt0wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=one+hundred+twenty+years+in+auburn,+ny&source=bl&ots=F7BowttnQ-&sig=_iFJcJ8_ijWjqpN01-x1FZRYwl4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9cwMU6qXFoWMyAHgnIDYAQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=snippet&q=Almira%20Bennett&f=false
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Monroe, Joel Henry. Historical Records of a Hundred and Twenty Years, Auburn, N. Y.. Auburn, NY: W. F. Humphrey, printer, 1913.
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