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UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building-addition 75 M. De Moret Mémoire et Pétition

 Unprocessed Material — Box: MSS 16758_NewAdditions_02, Folder: ViU2024-0182_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0182

Content Description

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a manuscript proposal titled Mémoire et Pétition by M. de Moret for the establishment of an institute for teaching deaf and mute children run on Moret's technique of Lip reading. This was presented to the Departmental Chamber of Deputies in Paris, France, in 1819. The Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon Restoration. Little is known of Moret, and his petition appears not to have been accepted, but his methods were noticed. John England, in his 1819 Treatise on the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, announced the success of Moret’s experiments, proclaiming them ‘highly interesting to humanity’.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased from Benjamin Spademan Rare Books, 15 November 2024.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: April 29, 1819

Creator

Extent

.04 Cubic Feet (1 legal folder)

Language of Materials

French

Metadata Rights Declarations

Inventory

1 item [20 pp folio manuscript]