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his departure for England, where he remained for four years 

 longer. While abroad, he gave much time and thought to 

 the cause of the deaf, and he wrote a book on the subject, the 

 same work to which reference has already been made under 

 the title of" Vox Oculis Subjecta" London, 1783. Returning 

 to America in 1784, for some years he made his home at 

 Preston, Nova Scotia, and in June, 1797, he took up his abode 

 at Medford, where he lived until his death, which occurred 

 on April 21, 1809. 



During these last twelve years of his life, sometimes under 

 his own signature, and at other times under that of " Philoco- 

 phos," he wrote much for the newspapers, particularly for the 

 "New England Palladium" (Boston), on his favorite topic; 

 and he also made translations from the French on the same 

 subject, which were likewise printed in the " Palladium." 

 These various productions from his pen served to call public 

 attention to a matter that lay near and dear to his heart, and 

 without doubt they stimulated a sentiment which to-day is 

 felt throughout the land. It seems almost a suggestion of 

 fate that the " Sarah Fuller Home for Little Children who 

 cannot Hear," organized less than ten years ago, should have 

 been established in the neighborhood of Mr. Green's dwell- 

 ing place, in a city which, through his writings, is so full of 

 early associations with this interesting class of boys and girls. 



Francis Green was married, first, on October 18, 1769,10 

 his cousin Susanna, youngest child of Joseph and Anna 

 (Pierce) Green of Boston, who died on November 10, 1775. 

 His mother and her mother were sisters, and his father and 

 her father were brothers, thus forming a double cousinship 

 between himself and his wife. By this union there were five 

 children, of whom one was deaf; and through this son the 

 father became interested in the class of children, which makes 

 him the subject of these exercises this afternoon. He was 

 married, secondly, on May 19, 1785, to Harriet, daughter of 

 David and Sarah (Seymour) Mathews, of New York. Her 

 father was Mayor of that city during several years of the 

 Revolutionary period. By this second marriage there were 

 six children. 



