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Alex Poole To Samuel Gridley Howe, November 16, 1842
Levi Taylor, about 70, an inmate of the alms house, had fits when about a week old and from that time he has been blind. Could learn no peculiarity in the family except that a sister in neighboring town, some years his superior is nearly or quite blind probably from age....
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Title: Alex Poole To Samuel Gridley Howe, November 16, 1842
Creator: Alex Poole (author)
Date: November 16, 1842
Format: Letter
Source: Perkins School for the Blind
Control no.: Box AG 34, Census Returns of Blind, 1840
Keywords: Aging; Almshouses; Blind; Census; Correspondence; Disease; Massachusetts; Medicine & Science; Perkins School For The Blind; Poverty; Sensory Disability; Statistics
Topics: Science, Health & Technology