Facts and opinions relating to the deaf from America.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Facts and opinions relating to the deaf from America. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Circular Letter of Inquiry sent to the Superintendents and Princi]3als of American and Canadian Schools for the Deaf 1,336 Nineteenth Street, Washington, D.C.: April 30, 1888. Deae Sik,—I have been invited to appear before the Eoyal Commission appointed by the British Government to inquire into the condition of the deaf, and propose sailing for Europe very shortly for this purpose. Allow me to request your co-operation in obtaining the latest information concerning American Institutions for the Deaf. The subjects upon which information is specially desired by the Royal Commission are stated to be:— ' 1. Visible Speech. (We know very little about this.) ' 2. Aural Method. (We know very little about this.) ' 3. Intermarriage of deaf-mutes and possibility of a deaf variety of the human race. Any trustworthy statistics on this would be most valuable. '4. Any general views which you might have on our inquiry, which is briefly to inquire into the edu- cation and training of deaf-mutes in the United Kingdom so as to make them more generally self- supporting than now.' 5. Information is also desired concerning the general work of articulation teaching. May I trouble you to answer the following queries ? I shall be thankful for whatever information you may be kind enough to send, but to be of use it must be sent at once. I am, dear Sir, yours truly, Alexander Graham Bell.
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