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Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons

 Organization

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

William H. Ely letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0484
Abstract

Letters recounting an 1820-1821 journey to Alabama by William H. Ely, Commissioner of the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. The letters describe both the difficulties of his mission and the lifestyle of the early inhabitants of the state of Alabama.

Dates: 1820 - 1821