Further to the above. Here is Sharp's comment about the Virginian singer Adolphus 'Dol' Small and his family: 'Went with Dol Smalls, a most delightful family, Dol and his wife and 12 children, all smiling! They sang to us and then adjourned to the next house where there was a new and quite good piano upon which I operated greatly to the delight of the family who smiled more than ever! They are really a delightful and happy lot and it was a great pleasure to be able to return them something.' This, of course, says as much about Sharp as it does about the Small family.
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