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Samuel Gridley Howe

Born

in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

November 10, 1801

Died

January 09, 1876

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Samuel Gridley Howe (10 November 1801 - 9 January 1876) was a nineteenth century United States physician, abolitionist, and an advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution for the Blind.

Howe married Julia Ward, an ardent supporter of abolitionism and an activist in the cause of woman's suffrage. Ward composed the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" during the American Civil War.

He was the father of three accomplished authors, Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe Elliott & Florence Howe.

As an abolitionist, in 1863, he was one of three men appointed by the Secretary of War to the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission, to investigate conditions of freedmen in the South since the Emancipation Proc ...more

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	Letters and Journals of Samuel Gridley Howe. Volume 1. Edited by his daughter. by Samuel Gridley Howe, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (Introduction) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1909 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Refugees From Slavery In Canada West: Report To The Freedmen's Inquiry Commission it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1864 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1828 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Letter on the Sanitary Condition of the Troops in the Neighborhood of Boston, Addressed to His Excellency the Governor of Massachusetts by Samuel Gridley Howe, U.S. Sanitary Commission (Creator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An essay on separate and congregate systems of prison discipline 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the causes of idiocy; 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1848 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Address of the Committee Appointed by a Public Meeting, Held at Faneuil Hall, September 24, 1846: For the Purpose of Considering the Recent Case of ... Prevent the Recurrence of Similar Outrages. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1846 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A letter to Mrs and other loyal women 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1862 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Training and Teaching Idiots 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cretan Refugees and Their American Helpers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars