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Rice’s art of reading.
1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 40, as above, 8vo.
RICE,
John.
An Introduction to the Art of Reading with Energy and Propriety. By John Rice. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1765.
PN4105 .R5
First Edition. 8vo. 166 leaves.
Not in Lowndes.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 16.
John Rice, fl. 1765, English educator. This work is dedicated to William Kenrick.
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Green on the speech of the deaf & dumb.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 7, [should be “38”, as per NPT--
Ed.] as above (under Education).
[GREEN,
Francis.]
“Vox Oculis Subjecta;” a Dissertation on the most curious and important Art of Imparting Speech, and the Knowledge of Language,
to the naturally Deaf, and (consequently) Dumb; With a particular Account of the Academy of Messrs. Braidwood of Edinburgh,
and a Proposal to perpetuate, and extend the Benefits thereof . . . By a Parent.
London: sold by
Benjamin White,
1783.
HV2483 .G8
First Edition. 8vo. 120 leaves: A-P
8.
Halkett and Laing VI, page 198.
This edition not in the
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue.
Guyot,
Liste Litteraire Philocophe, page 10.
The author sent to Jefferson a copy of this work, with a letter, written from Medford, near Boston, on November 5, 1805: “. . . the Pamphlet “Vox Oculis subjecta” (so long ago hastily published during a residence in England, & now circulated in
this
the native Land of
the Author, in hopes of eventually benefiting
an unfortunate Class of the human race, in this western Hemisphere) is herewith humbly presented, accordingly . . .”
Jefferson wrote to Francis Green from Washington on December 15: “
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m(
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Green for the book he has been so kind as to send him. the subject cannot but be interesting to every philanthropist. he
presents him his respectful salutations.
”
The book is listed on Jefferson’s binding bill from John March under date April 26, 1806, calf, gilt, price $1.00, receipted by Joseph Milligan for John March on May 30.
According to an inscription on the fly-leaf of a copy of this work now in the possession of Mrs. Doheny, the author sent Jefferson
two copies of this book. The inscription which was written on the same day as Jefferson’s letter to Green above, reads: “
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Randolph & sends him the book he mentioned the other day, it may give him some
information on the subject which so justly interests him. The author having sent Th: J. two copies, this one is at the service
of Mr. Randolph. Dec. 15. 05.
”
Several years later, in 1816, it was suggested that Mr. Braidwood’s school should be established at Charlottesville. Concerning
this Jefferson wrote to Joseph C. Cabell on January 24 of that year: “
I know of no peculiar advantage which Charlottesville offers for m(
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Braidwood’s school of deaf and dumb. on the contrary I should think the vicinity of the seat of government most favorable
to it. I should not like to have it made a member of our college. the objects of the two institutions are fundamentally distinct.
the one is science, the other mere charity. it would be gratuitously taking a boat in tow, which may impede, but cannot aid
the motion of the principal institution . . .
”
Francis Green, 1742-1809, Loyalist and philanthropist, was born in Boston. He lived in England from 1780-1784, during which time this book
was anonymously published. In 1784 he emigrated to Nova Scotia and in 1797 returned to the United States. His interest in
the deaf and (consequently) dumb was due to the fact that his son Charles was so afflicted, and was at Thomas Braidwood’s
school in Edinburgh.
Joseph Carrington Cabell, 1778-1856, was the principal coadjutor of Thomas Jefferson in founding the University of Virginia.
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