Broadside announcing a performance on board Matthew C. Perry's ship Powhatan, 1854 Apr.

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Broadside announcing a performance on board Matthew C. Perry's ship Powhatan, 1854 Apr.

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Manuscript broadside in an unidentified hand announcing the "Powhatan Theater" performance of [George Henry Lewes's three-act comedy], The Lawyers, and [J. Stirling Coyne's one-act farce], Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell? The broadside includes the cast list of the comedy, and the names W. W. Hasson, Manager, and W. Knapp, Assistant Manager.

1 sheet ; 51 x 32 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8018830

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Coyne, J. Stirling (Joseph Stirling), 1803-1868

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Powhatan (Side-wheel steamer)

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Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

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