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Prologue on opening the [John Street] theatre at New York, Jan. 9, 1779 : manuscript, 1779 Jan 9.

BIB_ID
268535
Accession number
MA 7
Creator
André, John, 1751-1780.
Display Date
1779 Jan 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 33.4 cm.
Notes
The auction catalog from the McKee sale of February 17, 1902 claims it is "in the handwriting of Major John André" and indicates it was "spoken at the John Street Theatre;" it is unclear in whose hand the manuscript is written.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from George D. Smith, bookseller, New York, October 1906; from the collections of William Smith of Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson McKee (sale New York, Feb. 17, 1902, cat. no. 3372).