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Jenny Lind Letter Sparks City Musical Hysteria
A long fragment describes Jenny Lind’s letter to a “major” of figures in a printer’s shop praising musical talent. It recounts performers at a printing house, Lind’s private concert notes, and a vivid scene with Thomas Jefferson James seeking an audience, only to learn Lind had already left town. The piece ends with printers toasting Lind and James at the Burnet House.
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MASS
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Dress-Maideh
Onin Davies
Uni
Siilia Desiive
Osbolun
Er & Glazise
G. Brooks
de White
Elyria
Ghasoltl
Pestisi
Beech House
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Federl
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Lake Erie
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Jenny Lind
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Thomas Jefferson James
Barnet Monson
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