Clay came to the institution during his last visit to New York, I was selected to welcome him with a poem. Seward, General Winfield Scott, and other distinguished characters of American history. While teaching at the institution she met Presidents Van Buren and Tyler, Hon. Subsequently she wrote the words for the cantatas of The Flower Queen and The Pilgrim Fathers, all of which were very popular in their day, though it was not generally known at the time that she was the author. Among them were, "Hazel Dell,", "The Honeysuckle Glen," "Rosalie, the Prairie Flower," "Music in the Air," "Proud World, Good-bye, I'm Going Home," "All Together", "Never Forget the Dear Ones," and others. Root, then the teacher of music at the blind institution. During the vacations of 18, spent at North Reading, Mass., she wrote the words to many songs for Dr. This was the great developing period in her life. She taught English grammar, rhetoric and American history. She became a teacher in the institution in 1847, and continued her work until March 1, 1858. At the age of fifteen she entered the New York Institution for the Blind, where she received a good education. When she was eight years old she moved with her parents to Ridgefield, Conn., the family remaining there four years. She became blind at the age of six weeks from maltreatment of her eyes during a spell of sickness. Wilson, W.H.D.įrances Jane Crosby, the daughter of John and Mercy Crosby, was born in Southeast, Putnam County, N. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Lankton, Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs.
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