1840s: HE DOETH ALL THINGS WELL [handwritten version of the ballad by I.B. Woodbury, published at Boston by George Reed in 1847]
1840s. Original manuscript. Two leaves, penned by a precise hand in sepia ink on printed staff paper. Key of e-flat. In part: "I remember how I lov'd her when a little guiltless child. I saw her in the cradle As she look'd on me and smil'd. My cup of happiness..... More