Thompson Westcott scrapbooks of the History of the Philadelphia Stage
History of the Philadelphia Stage, Between the Years 1749 and 1855. By Charles Durang. Volume 5. Arranged and illustrated by Thompson Westcott, 1868

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There Master Charles I think I have conden[?]ed
think not bealowing all my tediousness on you - far[?]
it up to [?] your ours purpose or let it speak for
itself as it stands [?]

he returned bringing with him Mr + Mrs Sloman, Mrs
Austin Miss George, Southwell Mercer Rowbothanig [?]
Sam Chapmans Miss Emery [?] and last although
by no means least John Thompson Norton one of the
best Trumpet players in the world. Mr [?] name connected
as it is with the American stage for nearly forty years
will be remembered (long after the generation before
whom he asked have passed away) with kind feeling
for his industrious efforts, to assist, in forming [?]
American Dramatic Fund Association, which have
been crowned with such signal success - to those of our
readers who wish to know more of him and his career
we recommend the perusal of his own entertaining book
of 26 years of the Life of am Actor & Manager

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