The Wabash Minstrels respectfully announce that they will give an entertainment on board the U.S. Frigate "Wabash," off Charleston, S. C. on Monday evening, February 22nd, 1864
Publisher: J. Tufts, Squadron Printer
Published: 1864
Place of publication: South Carolina, Flagship U.S.S. Philadelphia, off the coast of South Carolina
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Campaigns; Minstrel shows; Wabash (Frigate); United States. Navy. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)
Other titles: Anniversary of Washington's Birth Day!! The Wabash Minstrels respectfully announce that they will give an entertainment on board the U.S. Frigate "Wabash ...
Notes: Program for an on-ship minstrel show. The crew of the U.S.S. Wabash apparently put on a minstrel show twice a year, July 4th and Washington's birthday.

Caption title.

At head of title: Anniversary of Washington's Birth Day!!

Printer from colophon, at foot of broadside.

Printed on yellow paper.

Bookdealer's description forwarded to Bibliographical File.

An autograph letter from Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (1819-1892) to his 13-year-old son, Raymond P. Rodgers (1849-1925), describing an 1862 Wabash minstrel show, present at time of cataloging, forwarded to Autograph File, R.