Laura Dewey Bridgman letter, 19th century.

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Laura Dewey Bridgman letter, 19th century.

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Letter from Laura Dewey Bridgman to Abby Canten in which she says good bye and describes holding the baby. Dated Jan. 21st but does not include the year.

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Litchfield Historical Society

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Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889

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Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (b. December 21, 1829, Hanover, New Hampshire-d. May 24, 1889, Boston, Massachusetts), known as the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller. Bridgman was left deaf-blind at the age of two after contracting scarlet fever. She was educated at the Perkins Institution for the Blind where, under the direction of Samuel Gridley Howe, she learned to read and communicate using Brail...

Canten, Abby

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