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It has not received a name yet. My Mother writes that her babe resembles 

 me very much. I am making a very nice white dress for the baby. I remem- 

 ber that Mrs. Lieber is very fond of children. 



" Next Thursday will be 5 years since Miss W. commenced teaching me. I 

 should like to get much better acquainted with you. 



" Yours truly, 



"L BRIDGMAN." 



I append to this Memoir a fac simile of a part of the following letter from 

 Laura to Miss Dix, as an illustration of her writing. It should, however, be 

 mentioned, that erasures, similar to the one which occurs in this letter, are very 

 unusual in her manuscripts. 



Sunny Home, August 21, 1850. 

 My Dear Friend, Miss Dix : 



I was very glad to receive a long letter from you the 7th of August. 



I thank you most sincerely for the card which you sent to me. I am very 

 glad to think of your very pleasant acquaintance with Miss Bremer. I trust 

 that she will meet with very good and pleasant people at Cape May. I prize 

 my book very highly which Miss B. presented me with. I have not heard it 

 all. I admire Franziska and her bear and Serena very much. I approve of 

 Miss Bremer's taking her sea bath. I hope that it will be of benefit to her health. 

 I do not doubt that the members of Congress would do much for the blind and 

 deaf and dumb if they thought how much happier they are when they are 

 educated. 



I grieve very much to inform you that my lovely teacher was compelled to 

 give up teaching. She went home for the purpose of regaining her strength. 

 She planned some very pleasant visits for me before she left the Institution. I 

 was rather home-sick occasionally during Miss W's absence. She is much bet- 

 ter now ; I am very well and happy. 



I hope that you will write a letter to me again. 



I send my best love to you. 



Yours, truly, 



LAURA BRIDGMAN. 



