1817: The American School for the Deaf, originally known as the American Asylum, is founded in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the first residential school for the deaf in the United States.1818: The New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb is founded in Manhattan, New York. It wo...
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