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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.114.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era |
| Title | Newspaper clippings autographed by Laura Bridgman for Mrs. Allen |
| Date | ca. 1837-1889 |
| Author | Bridgman, Laura Dewey (1829-1889) |
| Additional authors | Sigourney, Mrs. (fl. 1837 - 1899) |
| Recipient | Allen, Mrs. |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Complete quotation reads, "Laura Bridgman Providence autograph for Mrs. Allen." Bridgman was a deaf, mute, and blind girl, educated by Samuel Howe at the Boston Institution for the Blind, Watertown, Massachusetts, beginning in 1837. Collateral are three newspaper clippings about Bridgman (one with a portrait), a printed poem about her by Mrs. Sigourney, and an autograph note by Anna Maria Bergandthat. |
| Subjects | Women's History Health and Medical Education Poetry |
| People | Bridgman, Laura Dewey (1829-1889) Sigourney, Mrs. (fl. 1837 - 1899) Allen, Mrs. (fl. 1837 - 1899) Bergandthat, Anna Maria (fl. 1837) |
| Theme | Women in American History; Education; Arts & Literature; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |