Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1470.5

AMERICAN ASYLUM, AT HARTFORD, FOR THE EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB 1828 Report of the directors of the American Asylum, at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, exhibited to the asylum Hudson and Co. 1828 40 pages 23 cm

The American Asylum for Deaf-Mutes at Hartford, Connecticut was founded in 1816 by Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Congress made a land grant to support it, and for over 50 years it was a training center for instructors of the deaf. This report includes lists of directors, instructors, and pupils – including pupils that had already left the school at this time.