Latest particulars of the history of Laura Bridgman / compiled chiefly from the last report of the late S.G. Howe.

  • Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876.
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Latest particulars of the history of Laura Bridgman / compiled chiefly from the last report of the late S.G. Howe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    PREFATORY NOTE. The object in presenting this short account of Laura Bridgman to friends on this side the Atlantic, is to give an opportunity of responding to the Appeal on her behalf, so gently put by her bene- factor and best friend. Dr Howe, in his last report issued shortly before his death (see p. 8). This appeal has already secured some : small contributions for Laura, and one kind friend who had re- ceived a little note of thanks from Laura’s own hand, “ invited all friends who feel interested in Laura’s case to join with her in giving a shilling. She asks only that sum, and will be much gratified by being able to remit at least £\ to Laura.” This good work it was felt would gladly be shared in by many others if the peculiar circum- stances were more widely known. A request was forwarded to Boston for some copies of the plate which accompanied Dr Howe’s report, with a statement of the object proposed, to which the fol- lowing reply from M. Anagnos, son-in-law of Dr Howe, has just been received:— Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind, Boston, November 28th, 1876. My Dear Sir,—I do not know how to express to you my gratitude and pleasure at yom- goodness, and that of your Mends, to Laura. It goes right to my heart I assure you; and, what is much more to the point, will be a great help to her. I take the greatest pleasure in forwarding to you by mail a small package, containing 160 copies of the plate you desire, one of her recent photographs, one of her crotchetted mats, two lace-collars, and some extracts of Dr Howe’s accounts of Laura. I am very sorry that we have no lithographed copies of her handwriting.