From Paris, with... ehh :
Jean Massieu
born deaf with 6 other deaf children
No schooling in early years. he was forced to work and "treated like a dog".
Clerc called him genius
Laurent Clerc
born December 1785
family unsure how Clerc became deaf
1806 became teacher after being taught by Massieu.
began school in at 12
5'8"
Year without a summer
1815 volcanic eruption in Indonesia
killed tens of thousands
The volcanic ash caused northern hemisphere temperatures to drop
chilly Connecticut manners
August 9th Mary Augusta arrived in NY.
Laurent Clerc and Gallaudet met with Gallaudets family and Clerc was taken aback by the cold nature of their relationship
5 year old Wallace had died a few days before their arrival