Letter from Annie Sullivan to Michael Anagnos, March 13, 1887 (p. 4 of 5)
Letter from Annie Sullivan to Michael Anagnos, March 13, 1887 (p. 4 of 5)
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Letter from Annie Sullivan to Michael Anagnos, March 13, 1887 (p. 4 of 5)
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... all her sense. I find considerable trouble in controlling her. She has always done just as her fancy inclined and it is next to impossible to make her obey. However, I think I shall succeed sometime. She can spell hat, doll and mug but does not understand the object in making the words yet. I hope you are quite well now, but if you are not the very best thing you can do will be to take a trip South, and I am sure one look at Nature in all her Spring loveliness will restore you. It is perfectly lovely...
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
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Handwritten letter from Anne Sullivan to Michael Anagnos, Director of Perkins School for the Blind. Anagnos was responsible for sending Anne Sullivan to Tuscumbia, Alabama to teach Helen Keller. The letter discusses observations and details relating to the early education of Helen Keller.