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- Philadelphia, 1778. Philadelphia, Printed by James Humphreys, junr., 1778]
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- English
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- [Boston], [publisher not identified], [1926]
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- facsimiles: 17 broadsides ; 1 leaves folded to 24 cm
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- ocm43810493
- One of 10 photostat copies reproduced from the originals in the Library company of Philadelphia, May, 1926. Collective title (type-written) supplied by the Massachusetts historical society.
- Evans 15991, 15995-16011
- For the benefit of the widows and orphans of the army. On Monday next, the nineteenth instant [Jan. 1778] will be represented, at the theatre in Southwark, a comedy, called No one's enemy but his own, and The deuce is in him. The characters by the officers of the army and navy.--On monday, the twenty-sixth instant, [Jan., 1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be represented a comedy called The minor, to which will be added, The deuce is in him. The characters by the officers of the army and navy.--On Monday, the sixteenth instant, [Feb. 1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be represented a comedy called The constant couple. To which will be added, Duke and no duke. The characters by the officers of the army and navy.--Saturday, February 28, 1778. Theatre. For very particular reasons, the play, advertised for Monday next, must be postponed. On Monday, the second day of March [1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be represented a comedy called the constant couple. To which will be added, The mock doctor. The characters by the officers of the army and navy.--On Monday, the ninth day of March [1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be represented a comedy called The inconstant. to which will be added, The mock doctor. The characters by the army and navy.--On Monday, the sixteenth day of March [1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be represented a comedy called The inconstant. To which will be added, a farce called Lethe. The characters by the officers of the army and navy.--On Monday, the sixteenth day of March [1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be presented a comedy called The inconstant. To which will be added, The mock doctor. The characters by the officers of the army and navy.--On Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of March [1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be represented, The first part of King Henry IV. To which will be added, The mock doctor. The characters by the officers of the army and navy.--On Monday next, the thitieth day of March [1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be represented, The first part of King Henry IV. To which will be added, a farce called Lethe. The characters by the officers of the army and navy.--Theatre. On account of the indisposition of one of the actresses, the play, which was to have been performed on Friday, the tenth instant, is obliged to be postponed. April 8th, 1778.--On Friday next, the tenth day of April [1778] at the theatre in Southwark, for the benefit of a public charity, will be represented, The Wonder, a woman keeps a secret: to which will be added, A trip to Scotland. To postpone the play, advertised for monday the thirteenth insiant, till Monday the 20th instant. There will be two plays performed during the next week. Philadelphia, April 12, 1778 ..