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Excerpt from: Henry C. Smith To Samuel Gridley Howe, July 22, 1842 As far as I can learn that there are but three blind persons in this town, one more than stated in the census. One of those I am personally acquainted with. His name is John B. Elwood. He tells me that he was born blind and he supposes that it was in consequence of his mother seeing a corpse a few weeks before accouchement.... |  Read Full Text |
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| Title: | Henry C. Smith To Samuel Gridley Howe, July 22, 1842 | |
| Creator: | Henry C. Smith (author) | |
| Date: | July 22, 1842 | |
| Format: | Letter | |
| Source: | Perkins School for the Blind  | |
| Control no.: | Box AG 34, Census Returns of Blind, 1840, Folder 7 | |
| Keywords: | Aging; Blind; Census; Connecticut; Demographics; Doctors; Educational Institutions; Heredity; Massachusetts; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Medicine & Science; Perkins School For The Blind; Public Health; Samuel Gridley Howe; Sensory Disability; Statistics | |
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