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.