Account books, 1778-1779.

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Account books, 1778-1779.

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Account book of the managers, January 1778 - January 1779, and receipt book, January - May 1779. The account book frequently mentions James Rivington, Mr. Gaine, Mills & Hicks, and Thomas Barrow, the treasurer of the theatre. It occupies the first 18 pages of a volume which is otherwise taken up with the accounts of a trader in Nova Scotia, 1786-1788. The trader records bringing livestock from New York, and was apparently located near Bear River and Annapolis Royal. He dealt in general merchandise and furs, and records many payments in kind and in labor. The receipt book, kept by Thomas Barrow, includes receipts for money paid to the performers (Maria Turner, Anna and Jane Tomlinson, Margaret Shaw, the chief musician Philipp Pfeil, who later anglicized his name to Philip Phile, and others), as well as for costumes, candles, jewelry, sherry, and other theatre expenses. It gives the titles of some of the plays performed.

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New-York Historical Society

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Shaw, Margaret, actress.

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Phile, Philip, -1793

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First published ca. 1793. In 1798 Joseph Hopkinson wrote the poem, Hail Columbia, for this march. This arrangement 1975, extracted from Benjamin Carr's Federal Overture (1794).--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Hail Columbia : Presidents march / Philip Phile ; arr. for orchestra by Romulus Franceschini. [1975] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53194448 ...

Mills and Hicks

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Barrow, Thomas, theatre treasurer.

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Rivington, James, 1724-1802

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English-American printer and bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Peter Van Scheeck of Kundahook, 1791 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655298 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Samuel Galloway, 1768 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655295 James Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist in London and New York. Publisher of a prominent Loyalist newspaper, he was later disco...

Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 1727-1807

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Tomlinson, Jane, 1964-2007

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Turner, Maria

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Tomlinson, Anna.

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Theatre Royal (New York, N.Y.)

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Located on John Street; apparently opened under the auspices of officers of the British Army. From the description of Account books, 1778-1779. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58774665 ...