Distressing calamity. : A brief account of the late fire at Richmond, Virg. in which the theatre was burnt, and upwards of one hundred and sixty persons perished in the flames.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25280.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Richmond Theater (Richmond, Va.)--Fire, 1811.

Richmond Theater (Richmond, Va.).

Theaters--Fires and fire prevention.

Theaters.

Fires--Virginia--Richmond.

Fires.

Fire prevention--Virginia--Richmond.

Fire prevention.

Virginia--Richmond.

Genre:

Poems -- 1812.

Physical Description:

11 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 17 cm

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Printed for and sold by Nathaniel Coverly, corner of Theatre Alley, Boston.--Price 50 cents per dozen, 10 cents single., [1812]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Contents:

Distressing calamity. Richmond, Dec. 27, 1811

List of dead and missing

The following letter from a gentleman in Richmond, to the Hon. M. Clay, a representative from Virginia, gives an impressive account of the dreadful catastrophe which has taken place in that city

From the Richmond standard, of Dec. 27

An ordinance, concerning the conflagration of the theatre, in the city of Richmond, passed at 11 o'clock, Dec. 27, 1811

The theatre in flames.

Notes:

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