Laura Bridgman : the story of an opened door / by Laura E. Richards; prefatory note by William H. Burnham.
- Laura E. Richards
- Date:
- 1928
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Laura Bridgman : the story of an opened door / by Laura E. Richards; prefatory note by William H. Burnham. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![to be [such] a very unusually tall [man] to me, that it made me feel much repelled, because I never saw so tall a man before in my life. It was Dr. S. G. Howe whom I could not know or like. It was per¬ fectly kind in him to leave the first Insti. and go so far to beseech [seek] me at Hanover which was so much more expensive for him to travel than of late. A person discovered a little girl whose name was Lily Bridgman [so it seems to read in the manuscript] and brought news to the good Dr. he was greatly inter¬ ested in me; so he hastened himself and hunted for me for various reason[s]. The noble Dr. brought me a silver pencil to my home. He lay it in my little hand, but it agitated me so much that I disputed [ ?] the nice gift and lost it some where. I did not cal¬ culate his generosity and love in me. I do not know how long he passed with my Mother. He communed with my parents about my leaving them in this par¬ ticular case for use of [for the sake of] my educa¬ tion. he was so extremely anxious that I should come to be taught immediately. My dear Mother and Father were exceedingly gratified at the proposal he gave them for my important exercise of mind and faculties.” His examination concluded, Dr. Howe laid the case before Mr. and Mrs. Bridgman, and begged them earnestly to give Laura into his care for a time. Fortunately they were good and intelligent people, with the welfare of the child solely at heart. They consented, and Laura was brought to the In-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29931551_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
