A narrative of the life of James Downing, (a blind man)
Subtitle: late a private in His Majesty's 20th Regiment of Foot : containing historical, naval, military, moral, religious, and entertaining reflections
By: composed by himself in easy verse ; and now re-published, for the first time in America, from the fifth London edition, for the benefit of John Midwinter, a person in similar circumstances; and who is induced to solicit the patronage of the humane, in order to enable him to support himself and family
Contributors: Midwinter, John
Publisher: Printed by John C. Totten, no. 9 Bowery
Published: 1821
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Blind; Biography
Notes: "The author's acrostic."--p. [3-4]: James Downing was born at Truro in Cornwall April 14th. 1781.

"A Dialogue between two seamen after a storm."--p. [129]-141.

"Extract from Hervy's Theron and Aspasio."--p. [142]-143.