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On Tuesday, April 15, 1817, the Connecticut Asylum for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Persons officially opened in a building on this site. The school was the first in America to teach deaf children and began with a class of seven syudents. In 1819, its name was changed to the American Asylum at Hartford. Today, it is the well known, American School for the Deaf.
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Hartford, Connecticut · United States
