Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . kmen, and when they leave the Asylum, find no difficulty insupporting themselves. The annual charge to each pupil is one hun-dred dollars. •The department of instruction is under the control of the principalof the institution, who has also a general oversight of the other depart-ments. The pupils are distributed into eight or nine classes, the im-mediate
Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . kmen, and when they leave the Asylum, find no difficulty insupporting themselves. The annual charge to each pupil is one hun-dred dollars. •The department of instruction is under the control of the principalof the institution, who has also a general oversight of the other depart-ments. The pupils are distributed into eight or nine classes, the im-mediate care of which is committed to the same number of assistantinstructors. When out of school, the pupils are under the care of asteward and matron. 36 HARTFORD Five or six similar institutions have been established in differentparts of the country, all of which have obtained their system of instruc-tion, and some of their teachers, from the American Asylum. Nearlyone half of the states afford the means of obtaining an education atsome one of these schools, to their own indigent deaf and dumb ; andit is greatly to be desired that the legislatures of all the other statesshould furnish the same assistance to these children of misfortune.*. Eastern view of the Retreat for the Insane. This institution is situated on a commanding eminence, at the dis-tance of a mile and a quarter, in a southwesterly direction, from theState House in Hartford. The elevation overlooks an ample range offertile country, presenting on every side a most interesting landscape,adorned with every beauty of rural scenery, that can be found in richand cultivated fields, and meadows of unrivalled verdure; in extensivegroves and picturesque groups of forest, fruit and ornamental trees; andabove all, in the charming diversity of level, sloping and undulatingsurfaces, terminating by distant hills, and more distant mountains. The city of Hartford is conspicuously seen on the left, and in dif-ferent directions, five
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