Statistics for occurrence #1 of “J. Downing” in chapter 3, page 24 of Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899:
...pianoforte was perfect.
I remember creeping under the instrument to hide my tears when I heard him sing the ballad of Lord Ullin's Daughter.
Charles Augustus Davis, the author of the Letters of J. Downing , Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to his old Friend Mr. Dwight, of the New York Daily Advertiser, was
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