ASL After 1816
The development of ASL could not be stopped but only influenced once it reached the Laurent and Thomas' classrooms at the Bennett City Hotel.
In an attempt to track ASL's spread across America it is important to look at the students that Laurent and the other instructors taught in those early years. These pages will grow to recognize their contributions.
Melville Ballard
First graduate of the National Deaf Mute College (Gallaudet University), teacher and editor!
https://usdeafhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ballard-m-bio2.pdf
https://dcmp.org/media/10645-deaf-history-that-who-was-melville-ballard
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89111096/melville-ballard
https://ida.gallaudet.edu/alumni-cards/2/
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/385546/pdf
https://www.nancyrourke.com/melvilleballard.htm
​https://www.jstor.org/stable/44461117
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