Calamity at Richmond, being a narrative of the affecting circumstances attending the awful conflagration of the theatre, in the city of Richmond, on the night of Thursday, the 26th of December, 1811. : By which, more than seventy of its valuable citizens suddenly lost their lives, and many others were greatly injured and maimed. : Collected from various letters, publications, and official reports, and accompanied with a preface, containing appropriate reflections, calculated to awaken the attention of the public, to the frequency of the destruction of theatrical edifices.
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Calamity at Richmond, being a narrative of the affecting circumstances attending the awful conflagration of the theatre, in the city of Richmond, on the night of Thursday, the 26th of December, 1811. : By which, more than seventy of its valuable citizens suddenly lost their lives, and many others were greatly injured and maimed. : Collected from various letters, publications, and official reports, and accompanied with a preface, containing appropriate reflections, calculated to awaken the attention of the public, to the frequency of the destruction of theatrical edifices.

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Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, : Published and sold by John F. Watson, south-west corner of Third and Chesnut-Streets., 1812. (Price 25 cents.)
Series:Early American imprints. no. 25013.
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Access:Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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Item Description:Frontispiece wood-engraving depicts the theater in flames.
Physical Description:[2], xi, [2], 14-56 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 18 cm.
Access:Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons.
Place of Publication:United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.