Title: Single and double hand alphabet
Description: Illustrates two manual alphabets for the deaf and the deaf-blind; has prominent illustration of the "new Institution for the Deaf and the Dumb ... situated on the east side of the Hudson River, about nine miles from the City Hall, N.Y." as well as portraits and brief biographic information on the Abbe de L'Epee, and Laura Bridgeman [sic]; has instructional texts.
Subjects: American Sign Language, Deaf, Means of communication, Education, New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
Places: United States
People: Charles-Michel de L'Epée (1712-1789), Laura Dewey Bridgman (1829-1889)