Title: Samuel Gridley Howe letter book :
Authors: Howe, S. G. 1801-1876.; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845,; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894,; Everett, Edward, 1794-1865,; Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864,; MacGill, Thomas,; Russ, John Denison, 1801-1881,
Year: 1829
Subjects: Howe, S. G.; Perkins School for the Blind.; Naples, Bay of (Italy) Description and travel.; Greece
Abstract: Copies of letters from Howe written at Greece, Italy, Malta, Paris, London, Boston, and elsewhere, addressed to Andrew Jackson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edward Everett, Benjamin Silliman, Thomas MacGill, John Dennison Russ, members of Howe's family, and others. The letters chiefly concern Howe's time in Greece and the Greek fight for indendence, later letters mention his intention to open a school for the blind. Also contains two compositions, one concerning the Bay of Naples and the other his plan for an agricultural community at Corinth called Washingtonia.