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The next items of interest are the census documents for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. In 1850, Eliza and Harriet are living with their mother Dolly and her second husband Nicholas Little in Boston. Eliza and Sylvester were married in 1858. In 1860, Sylvester, Eliza, and baby Waldo, Eliza's mother Dolly Little, and her sister Harriett Burnett, live together. We know there are day students, if not quite so early, at least soon after that, but there are no boarders yet. The school marks its official start in 1866, and by 1870, there are two boarders; and by 1880, many. Note that in 1870, the school is not specifically named, while in 1880, it still carries the name "Mrs. Fay's Boarding School."
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