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  • PREFACE.
  • AWFUL CALAMITY AT RICHMOND.
  • FURTHER INFORMATION: BEING THE CONCLUSION.

    • 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

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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.

    LC

    1802
    CITY OF WASHINGTON

    PHILADELPHIA,
    Published and sold by John F. Watson, South-west corner of Third and Chesnut-streets.

    1812.

    (Price 25 cents.)

    1 G B Barber




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    03013289. General Collections, Library of Congress. Copyright status not determined; refer to accompanying matter.

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