Letter, 1826 August 29, Hartford, Conn., to Lydia Sigourney, Norwich, Conn.

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Letter, 1826 August 29, Hartford, Conn., to Lydia Sigourney, Norwich, Conn.

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Mentions damage caused by the flooding of the Connecticut and Farmington Rivers, commenting that their people will not regret that the Farmington Canal has been badly injured.

3 p. ; 25 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...

Sigourney, Charles, 1778-1854

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