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Naomi Schoenfeld's avatar

Great to discover your substack! I've been following Charles Smith in my own records for some time, but have never had an opportunity to find anywhere near your level of detail. So great to have a chance to learn more about him. (We also have wonderfully different takes on Samuel Howe -- https://naomischoenfeld.substack.com/p/profiles-angeline-arms )

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Benjamin Van Ryn's avatar

The photo you used as the thumbnail for this confuses me greatly, as far as I know the institution was sharing the grounds along with the Perkins School, which was comprised of a handful of buildings contained within East Broadway, H Street, G Street, and East 4th Street. And I don’t believe I’ve ever seen these two buildings in any photos of Perkins, there is talk in the 1869 annual report of the School for The Feeble-Minded of buying properties in South Boston, but this might be in relation to buying 546, 548, 552 and 554 E 4th street? The other part that’s confusing me is that the same photo has the subtext of “The first home for the feeble-minded at South Boston” and is being used in reference to a private institution.. Also founded in 1848 by a John Hopkins, on another website?? I’m so very confused, sorry.

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