Rowe-Curtis family papers 1833-1851 Rowe-Curtis family

American Asylum, at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb

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Curtis, Nancy E. Rowe, b. ca. 1813

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In 1819, George Curtis entered the American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, in Hartford. This seventeen-year-old was from Leeds, situated about 20 miles west of Augusta, in what is now Maine, but at the time was still part of Massachusetts. He was one of twenty deaf-mutes who received the support of the Massachusetts government, and this was the first time the patronage of a state was extended to an institution of benevolence beyond its own borders. On...

Rowe, Lucy Ann, b. ca. 1828

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Rowe, Judith

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School teacher, of New Gloucester, Me. From the description of Judith Rowe papers, 1817-1818. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 261344758 ...

Weld, Lewis, 1796-1853

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Lewis Ledyard Weld, brother of Mason C. Weld, was born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 13, 1833. He graduated from Yale in 1854 and studied law in New York City. In 1858 Weld opened a law office in Leavenworth, Kansas and was active in the fight to keep Kansas free of slavery. He moved to Colorado and was appointed by Lincoln secretary and acting governor of the territory. In 1863 Weld became a captain in the 7th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops and in 1864 he was appointed major of the...

Hutchins, Sarah.

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Rowe, Samuel, b. ca. 1825

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Curtis, George, b. ca. 1802

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Rowe, Benjamin, b. ca. 1823

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