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Alphabet for the Blind, from An Account of the New-York Institution for the Blind

Title: Alphabet for the Blind, from An Account of the New-York Institution for the Blind
Rights: William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan
Type: Image captured by Marguerite Happe (Clements Library) on February 24, 2022
Creator: New York Institute for the Education of the Blind
Date: 1833
Description: On the left page are some of the foundational bylaws for the institution, not unlike those written to establish a university. The right page contains a diagram entitled “Alphabet for the Blind,” along with a table and partial instructions for use. The letters are in Boston Line.
Format: pamphlet: 56 p., [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Place: 22 cm
Publisher: Press of G. P. Scott & Co.
Contributor: Samuel Akerly
Identifier: Google Drive; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hT6K9D_HmAY0uqna7lOvR3VQ6pdHkxGe/view?usp=sharing
Relation: HathiTrust Digital Library: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b382110&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b382110&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021
Subject: New York Institution for the Blind, education for the blind, printing and writing systems for the blind
Temporal Coverage: New York
Source: University of Michigan Library catalog record