A DISCOURSE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER AND SERVICES OF THE REV. THOMAS H. GALLAUDET, LL.D., DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF HARTFORD, JAN. 7TH, 1852. WITH AN APPENDIX, Containing History of Deaf-Mute Instruction and Institutions, and other Documents. BY HENRY BARNARD. HARTFORD: PUBLISHED BY BROCKETT, HUTCHINSON & CO. 1854. H√2426 16282 1854 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MONROE & CUTMAN LIBR 1918 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by MRS. SOPHIA FOWLER GALLAUDET, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. PRESS OF CASE, TIFFANY & CO., HARTFORD, CT. DEAR SIR: HARTFORD, Jan. 9th, 1852. The undersigned having listened with much gratification to your truly interesting and eloquent eulogy, of the 7th inst., on the life and services of our esteemed fellow-citizen, the late Rev. THOMAS H. GALLAUDET, of this city, solicit a copy of the same for publication, a general desire having been manifested to see it in print. Understanding that you omitted, in the delivery, a portion of the address prepared for that occasion, it is the desire of the committee, should you consent to comply with their request, that you will furnish them with the entire production, for the press, together with such other matter in connection therewith, as you may wish to publish with it. With sentiments of great respect, CONTENTS. II. History of Deaf-Mute Instruction and Institutions, in Europe and the III. Autobiography of Laurent Clerc. IV. Journal of Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet, during his visit to Europe, in V. History of the American Asylum. Officers and Instructors of the American Asylum from 1816 to 1851. Subscriptions and Contri- butions to the American Asylum. VI. A Sermon delivered at the opening of the Connecticut Asylum for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Persons, April 20th, 1817, by VII. A Discourse delivered at the Dedication of the American Asylum, May 22d, 1821, by Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet. VIII. A Sermon on the Duty and Advantages of affording Instruction to the Deaf and Dumb, by Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet. IX. Testimonial of the Deaf Mutes of New England to Messrs. Gallaudet X. Discourse delivered at the Dedication of the Chapel of the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane, January 28th, 1846, by Rev. Thomas H. XI. Remarks on Seminaries for Teachers, by Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet. XII. List of Pupils who have been connected with the American Asylum, XIII. Causes of Deafness and other Statistics. TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF Reb. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL. D. BY THE CITIZENS OF HARTFORD. We shall make no apology for devoting the pages of our Journal for January and February to the life, character and services of that wise educator, distinguished philanthropist and Christian gentleman, the Rev. THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET. Rev. THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET, LL. D., died on the 10th of September, 1851, and was buried on the 12th of the same month, after impressive religious services in the South Congregational Church, which was crowded with mourning friends, the officers and members of the public institutions with which the deceased was connected in life, and with citizens generally. The loss which society and the cause of religion had thus sustained was duly commemorated and improved in several churches of the city on the Sabbaths immediately following. But it was still a very general wish that exercises of a more public character should be had, in which the citizens of Hartford generally might participate. In pursuance of a call signed by thirty of the principal citizens of Hartford, a preliminary meeting was held in the Lecture Room of the Center Church, on the evening of the 20th of October, 1851, in reference to the adoption of measures for some public tribute of respect to his memory. The meeting was called to order by Governor Seymour, and organized by the appointment of Hon. Thomas Day, Chairman, and Luzerne Rae, Secretary. A series of resolutions was presented by the Rev. William W. Turner, which, after brief remarks by the mover, the Hon. Seth Terry, the Rev. Dr. Bushnell, and other gentlemen, were unanimously adopted. 1 |