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. : [One line of quotation].

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.

Physical Description:

8 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston; : Printed and for sale at the Repertory Office: and at the book-stores.--Price 12 1/2 cents., [1812]

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Contents:

A brief account, &c. Richmond, Virg. Dec. 28, 1811

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: Richmond, Dec. 27, 1811

Extract of a letter from Richmond to a gentleman in Boston

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

List of dead and missing.

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