HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. October 25, 1827. Visit to the Asylum for
the Deaf and Dumb; Visit to the Prison. The next place we went
to was of a very different character, the Asylum for the Deaf
and Dumb. The head teacher, Mr. Gallaudet, went both to London
and Edinburgh, where he met with but little cordiality. There
seemed to be a jealousy of letting a foreigner into their
secret, so he went next to Paris, and there he was taken at once
into the Abbe Sicard's school, got all the information and
instruction he wished, and brought out with him a young man who
had been educated there to be one of the teachers at this
institution. Four of the teachers are deaf and dumb the other
five have all their faculties. This happened to be the last day
of vacation, so that the schools were not in operation, but most
of the pupils had returned, and a more cheerful or more
intelligent looking group I never saw. Mr. Gallaudet brought
three of the girls and two boys into the school room to give us
a specimen of their advancement.