Instruction for the idiot.

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Instruction for the idiot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22978135

Poem urging patience and encouragement in dealing with the handicapped and in helping them to press on with God's help in spite of seemingly insurmountable difficulties.

3 p. ; 18 x 14 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...