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Reinventing the Wheel
April 20, 1815 THG accepted the charge to take the journey
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July 10th he wrote a letter to Woodbridge regarding a church he attended but failed to mention the deaf school he visited, outside of Birmingham as suggested by Braidwood.
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THG left on May 10, 1815, to NY to begin his journey to London.
After his family left for NY, THG stayed with Cogswell.
On July 11, THGs 1st letter to Gogs, tells him about the exhibit where Sicard presents Clerc and Moasieu, in London
Francis Green From Boston, translated de l'Eppe's "The method of Instructing the Deaf and Dumb, Confirmed by long experience in 1801
This was written, originally in French by "Founder of Deaf Education" in France - Charles Michel de l'Eppe
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Green had a son, named Charles, who became deaf at 6 months old
IN 1780, Green sent his son to Braidwood Academy, in Edinburgh for Speech Therapy
He documented his son's experience hoping to "excite the attention of the public for a free deaf school"
Died in a drowning accident while hunting in Halifax in 1787, the same year Gallaudet was born
Green continued his research. Within three years he by visited de l'Eppe's school for the deaf in London.
He wrote the translation with the purpose of enabling anyone who ever wanted to become an instructor for the "Deaf and Dumb"
His article was published anonymously in England in 1783, reviewed in the Boston Magazine in 178.4 and published in the United States in 1785
While THG was still at Yale, Green was in Boston pleading for a free deaf school and attempted to acquire count of deaf residents in of Massachusetts
He was given 75 names. Less than .02% of the state population and an estimated 500 deaf residents in the country.
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Cogswell began to enlist the help of the affluent families of Harford to fundraise for Rev. THG's educational trip for THG to travel to London.
By May 1, 1815 $2,133 was raised for the trip.
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