| Author | Gardiner, John, 1737-1793.
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| Title | The speech of John Gardiner, Esquire : delivered in the House of Representatives, on Thursday, the 26th of January, 1792 : on the subject of the report of the committee appointed to consider the expediency of repealing the law against theatrical exhibitions within this Commonwealth.
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| Published | [Boston] : Printed at the Apollo Press in Boston for the author, 1792.
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| Description | ix, [2], 12-159 [i.e. 157], [3] (last leaf blank) p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
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| General Note | Signatures: [A]⁴^D] B-T⁴^D] U⁴.
LC copy imperfect: half-title, lower half of p. 159, and terminal blank wanting.
LC copy accompanied by a copy of An act to prevent stage-plays and other theatrical entertainments, 1750.
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| Cit./Ref. Note | References: Evans 24341.
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| Subjects | Imprints, Early -- American -- To 1820.
Theater -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts.
Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Early works to 1800.
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| Organizations | Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives.
American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
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| Other Titles | Half-title: Gardiner on the theatre
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| LC Card Number | 11-17420 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: PN 2047 G222
mq80219: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 46420] |
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