The Courant congratulated the American School for the Deaf on its purchase of property on Lord’s Hill

1. At the time of the purchase, $700 had been subscribed by the following individuals:

• John Caldwell ($100)
• Christopher Colt ($100)
• Thomas Day ($50)
• Chauncey Deming ($100)
• Normand Knox ($50)
• Joseph Morgan ($50)
• Luther Scarborough ($150)
• Charles Sigourney ($100)

2. The article also noted that “funds are wanted to complete the payment of the foregoing purchase, and the subscription book is open in the hands of the Treasurer, J. H. Wells, Esq.”
3. A committee to oversee the alterations and additions to the structures on the property had already been appointed.

With this purchase, Lord’s Hill would soon become Asylum Hill, and the Farmington & Litchfield Turnpike would become Asylum Street.

“The benevolent are hereby reminded that this Institution was founded in Charity, and is still altogether dependent on Charity, trusting in him moves the heart to Charity.”

1. $8,600 would be equivalent to $217,404.78 in 2025.
2. Donations toward the purchase would be equivalent to 2025 dollars as follows:

• $50 = $1,263.98
• $100 = $2,527.96
• $150 = $3,791.94

3. Christopher Colt was Sam Colt’s father.
4. Joseph Morgan was Junius Morgan’s father and J. P. Morgan’s grandfather.
5. Luther Scarborough was Jared Scarborough’s brother, and he handled, in part, Jared’s estate.
6. Charles Sigourney was Lydia Huntley Sigourney’s husband.

1. The article does not give the name of the school – it instead refers to “the friends of the Deaf and Dumb, and the patrons of the Asylum for their education in Hartford.”
2. “The prospect of the surrounding country in unrivalled, both in beauty and extent, (a great advantage to the deaf who learn only or mostly by what they see)”

Unattributed.  “Deaf and dumb,” Connecticut Courant, August 4, 1818, page 3.