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Androboros : A bographical [sic] farce in three acts, viz. The senate, the consistory, and the apotheosis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hunter, Robert, 1666-1734.
Contributor:
Bradford, William, 1663-1752, printer.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728--Humor.
Nicholson, Francis.
Vesey, William, 1674-1746--Humor.
Vesey, William.
New York (State)--Politics and government--To 1775--Anecdotes.
New York (State).
Genre:
Plays -- 1714.
Satires.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([6],27,[1]p. )
Other Title:
Androboros
Place of Publication:
Printed at Monoropolis [i.e., New York : by William Bradford], since August, 1714.
Notes:
The Huntington Library copy is signed in manuscript: By Governour Hunter.
Ascribed to the press of William Bradford by Evans.
"This is the first printed American play. The two persons ridiculed were political enemies of Governor Hunter--Colonel Francis Nicholson and Dr. William Vesey, Rector of Trinity Church, New York."--Hill.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Cited in:
Evans, 1681
Hill, F. P. Amer. plays, 138
English Short Title Catalog, W13153.
OCLC:
510993382

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