Statistics for occurrence #1 of “J. Sheridan Knowles” in article 8 of The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1860., [Electronic resource]:
... who were swept off by a heavy sea. Two of the crew were lost by the capsizing of a boat.--Several English and New York papers have fallen into error, confounding the name of Mr. Knowles with that of J. Sheridan Knowles the distinguished writer, who is now alive.
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