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Catalog Number |
S0896 |
Title |
Census of Blind Portsmouth Residents |
Scope & Content |
List of individuals in Portsmouth that are either blind or partially blind. Includes name, age, degree of sight loss, and cause/means of support. The final column contains means of support, whether an orphan, supported by the town, friends, self, etc. The following individuals are included: Joseph Dominick, John Grant, Catherine Hall, Jonathan Hooker, Sarah Leach, Daniel Pickering, Charles Renaldi, Sarah Russell, Sarah Seaward, Joseph Smith, Lucy Snell, John Snell, and Henry Tucker. There is a note for Joseph Smith that reads: "A remarkably bright intelligent Boy & is a very promising pupil at the Asylum for the blind at Boston - supported by this State." |
Collection |
Census of Blind Portsmouth Residents |
Object Name |
Records |
Date |
1833 |
People |
Dominick, Joseph, b. c1767 Grant, John, b. ca. 1785 Hall, Catherine, b. ca. 1811 Hooker, Jonathan, b. c1770 Leach, Sarah, b. c1761 Pickering, Daniel, b. c1809 Renaldi, Charles, b. ca. 1815 Russell, Sarah, b. c1759 Seaward, Sarah, b. c1751 Smith, Joseph, b. ca. 1822 Snell, Lucy, b. ca. 1744 Snell, John, b. c1774 Tucker, Henry, c1773-1838 |
Subjects |
Portsmouth (N.H.) Blind persons Disabled persons Asylums Schools Children Aged persons |