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Today In History
Dr. Lawton Superintendent of Asylum
Event date: Apr 20, 1892
Dr. Shailer E. Lawton is made Superintendent of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane in Brattleboro. Dr. Lawton changed the name of Asylum to “the Retreat.”