Letter, 1848 December 7, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to Mary Woolson, Bristol, New Hampshire.

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Letter, 1848 December 7, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to Mary Woolson, Bristol, New Hampshire.

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Describes her teacher training in Hartford, Conn., including meeting Lydia Sigourney at a party; her trip West; and her school and activities in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, under auspices of Board of National Popular Education.

4 p. ; 26 x 20 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

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Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...

Board of National Popular Education

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Woolson, Mary Augusta, 1829-1864.

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Hanaford, M. A.

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