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1808 theatrical ad includes Edgar Allan Poe's mother...
1808 theatrical ad includes Edgar Allan Poe's mother...
Item # 712343
November 17, 1808
BOSTON GAZETTE, Nov. 17, 1808
* Edgar Allan Poe's mother theater ad
A curious literary item here as the top of page 3 has an advertisement for the "Boston Theatre" with a performance of: "The Life & Death of Tom Thumb the Great", with one of the principal characters being "Mrs. Poe" as "Queen Dollalolla" She was the mother of Edgar Allan Poe.
Complete with 4 pages, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War