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Eighteen Hundred Thirty-Eight's Farewell
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The Deformed Boy
Tags: 1840, 4th of July, abandonment, Aeolus, Aladdin's lamp, almshouse, Apollo, benevolence, Benjamin Franklin, boyhood, charity, Christianity, Consumption, Cotton Mather, deathbed, deformity, fairy, Fortunatus' cap, funeral, gender roles, girls-work, God, gratitude, H. Gally Knight, Honesty, Independence Day, intemperance, juvenile literature, knitting, laudanum, literacy, Magnalia Christi Americana, marriage, Midas, Mothers, orphans, Ovid, philosopher's stone, poverty, prayer, Proverbs 30:24, Psalm 103, public assistance, public education, rickets, self reliance, sewing, shame, shopkeeper, sons, star-spangled banner, Stories for Young Persons, tears, virtue, widows