American School for the Deaf
The American School for the Deaf (ASD), originally The American Asylum, At Hartford, For The Education And Instruction Of The Deaf, is the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States, and the first school for deaf children anywhere in the western hemisphere. It was founded April 15, 1817, in Hartford, Connecticut, by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Mason Cogswell, and Laurent Clerc and became a state-supported school later that year.
American School for the Deaf
Gallaudet Memorial by Daniel Chester French (1925) at American School for the Deaf
Laurent Clerc Bust by Carl Conrads
Panel from original Gallaudet monument (1854) depicting Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet teaching children the manual alphabet
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area.
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Hartford, c. 1770s