Volume 1

Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893. / prepared for the Volta bureau by the principals and superintendents of the schools, and published in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America ; edited by Edward Allen Fay.

Date:
1893
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Credit: Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893. / prepared for the Volta bureau by the principals and superintendents of the schools, and published in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America ; edited by Edward Allen Fay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    sage of the liberal and benevolent act above referred to (appropriating Ujree thousand dollars), which took place before the close ofThe sest n' While they are thus trying the experiment of educating them abroad they will have the opportunity of deciding, on data which must t constantly accumu'ating, whether it is best to establish a Southern Institvition. On Saturday, December 20, 1834, Hon. John W. Burney of Jasper county, introduced into the House of Representatives a series of resolutions, prescribing the method by which to carry into effect the purposes sought to be attained by the above-mentioned appropriation, which were immediately agreed to, and the Rev. Elijah E. Sinclair was, under these resolu- tions, the first commissioner appointed by Governor Lumpkin, in March, 1835, to gather up and convey to the American Asylum, at Hartford, Connecticut, the deaf-mutes of Georgia. He was faithful and zealous in this work ; was reappointed successively by Governors Schley and Gilmer, and was pub- licly complimented by the legislature for his efficiency and in- tegrity. He travelled extensively over the State searching for deaf-mutes, but he succeeded in inducing only a few to accept the beneficence of the State. This office was filled in succes- sion by Rev. S. G. HUlyer and Rev. Jesse H. Campbell, both efficient officers. The number of deaf-mutes who were sent to the American Asylum for education was as follows: In 1835, eight: in 1836, three; in 1837, four; in 1839, two; in 1840, one; in 1842, one; in 1843, one; in 1844, four; in all twenty-four, each of whom remained from one to six years. In the years 1842 and 1843 five deaf-mutes, children of Asa Prior, of Paulding county, two of whom had spent several years in the American Asylum, were sent as day pupils to the Cedar Valley Academy, which stood near the large spring in Cedartown, and was presided over by Benjamin Mosely, a noted educator of that day, which may be considered as the first attem]Dt made in Georgia to impart instruction to the deaf and dumb. No record remains of this work that will give any idea of the measure of success that attended the efforts made during these two years, but it is presumed that it did not amount to much, as there was no one connected with the enterprise who had had any experience with the deaf and dumb. The deaf-mutes of Georgia are indebted much to the energy and efficient action of Rev. Jesse H. Cami^bell for his agency