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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 24 0 Browse Search
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899 18 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 12 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2. You can also browse the collection for Laura Bridgman or search for Laura Bridgman in all documents.

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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 23: return to his profession.—1840-41.—Age, 29-30. (search)
, June 8, 1841. my dear Lieber,—. . . Dr. Howe will be happy to have you make any use you see fit of his report on Laura Bridgman. I am very much attached to Howe. He is the soul of disinterestedness. He has purged his character from all consi the Institution for the Blind. Let me call your attention to the wonderful account in the Appendix to the latter of Laura Bridgman,—a girl deaf, dumb, and blind,—who has been taught the language of signs, and whose education has already advanced toand believe me ever, Most sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. P. S. Let me call your attention to the report on Laura Bridgman, a girl deaf, dumb, and blind. To Lieber, then in New York, he wrote, Aug. 31, 1841:— I am glad that the book office. You remember I told you he was a remarkable person. William Story is at work on your Laura; A paper on Laura Bridgman. he manipulates your style every day, sitting in the remote corner of Hillard's room. While writing this, your lett
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 24: Slavery and the law of nations.—1842.—Age, 31. (search)
ing to see Dr. Channing's pamphlet; but I suppose I should ask in vain till I get to Ohio. I have forwarded it to him. Dr. Howe's report on the Blind Asylum is published, and is a noble contribution to the cause of humanity. The story of Laura Bridgman, as told by him, warms with magic influence the hearts of men. She throws untold interest about the blind, and the sympathy excited by her remarkable case is extended to a whole class. I send you the School Journal, containing a part of the ghtful Heidelberg; and I wish to commend him to your kind attentions during his stay. I send you two copies of the sixteenth report of the Prison Discipline Society; also two copies of Dr. Howe's Report on the Blind, embracing the account of Laura Bridgman, the wonderful child, who can neither see nor hear nor speak; also a pamphlet on a proposed change in the veto power of the President of the United States. I am glad that you found so much pleasure in your excursion to Italy. It is a most