Theatrical exhibitions
Contributors: American Tract Society
Series: Publications of the American Tract Society -- v. 5, no. 130
Publisher: Published by the American Tract Society, and sold at their depository, no. 144 Nassau-Street, near the city-hall, New-York; and by agents of the Society, its branches, and auxiliaries, in the principal cities and towns in the United States
Published: 1827
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Amusements; Religious aspects; Fire, 1811; Theaters; Fires and fire prevention; Fires; Richmond Theater (Richmond, Va.)
Notes: Title on collective t.p.: Publications of the American Tract Society, vol. 5.

Using the Richmond Theatre fire of 1811 as example of the evil which can befall those who attend popular amusements.

Caption title. At head of title: No. 130.

Attributed to Rev. Samuel Miller in "Sketch of the origin and character of the principal series of tracts of the American Tract Society" (American tract magazine, v. 6, no. 11).

Imprint from colophon. The American Tract Society was located at 144 Nassau St. from 1827 to 1832.

Pages 2-12 also numbered 18-28.

Not in Shoemaker.

Not in Checklist Amer. imprints.

"The following letter was written by one who was present at the conflagration of the Richmond Theatre, December, 1811."--p. 11-12.