Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford: Poems and Prose on the Early American Deaf Community

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Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford Sigourney FM Pgs i-x.indd 1 4/4/2013 12:34:56 PM Sigourney FM Pgs i-x.indd 2 4/4/2013 12:34:56 PM Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford Poems and Prose on the Early American Deaf Community Edna Edith Sayers and Diana Moore Editors • Gallaudet University Press Washington, D.C. Sigourney FM Pgs i-x.indd 3 4/4/2013 12:34:56 PM Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002 http://gupress.gallaudet.edu© 2013 by Gallaudet University All rights reserved. Published 2013 Printed in the United States of America Cover photo credits Portrait of Lydia Sigourney: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-BH82-5220 A American School for the Deaf: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-01650 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mrs. Sigourney of Hartford : poems and prose on the early American deaf community / Edna Edith Sayers and Diana Moore, editors. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-56368-557-6 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-56368-558-3 (e-book) 1. People with disabilities—Literary collections. 2. Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791–1865—Criticism and interpretation. I. Sayers, Edna Edith, 1951–. II. Moore, Diana, 1952– PS2831.S29 2013 811′.3—dc23 2012045490 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Sigourney FM Pgs i-x.indd 4 4/4/2013 12:34:56 PM For William Sayers and Michael L. Moore Sigourney FM Pgs i-x.indd 5 4/4/2013 12:34:56 PM Sigourney FM Pgs i-x.indd 6 4/4/2013 12:34:56 PM ...