Notes
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- 1724 . American Weekly Mercury , May 7
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- Thomas Scharf , J. and Westcott , Thompson . 1884 . History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884 , Vol. 2 , 863 Philadelphia : L. H. Everts & Co. .
- LCP . 1847 . Minutes of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, 1704–1776 Philadelphia
- Curtis , John . 1920 . “One Hundred Years of Grand Opera in Philadelphia” . 10 – 12 . University of Pennsylvania . Diss.
- Bordman , Gerald , ed. 1984 . “Murray, Walter” . In Oxford Companion to American Theatre , 494 New York : Oxford University Press .
- Seilhamer , George O. 1968 . History of the American Theatre , 1 3 New York : Benjamin Blom .
- Ward , A. W. and Waller , A. R. , eds. 1913 . “The Age of Johnson” . In The Cambridge History of English Literature , 10 77 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
- Carl and Bridenbaugh , Jessica . 1942 . Rebels and Gentlemen: Philadelphia in the Age of Franklin , 139 New York : Reynal and Hitchcock .
- Lennep , William van , eds. 1960 . The London Stage, 1660–1800 , 1 Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press . pt. 3
- “Lewis Hallam” . Oxford Companion , 316
- The London Stage , 2 ( pt. 2 ) cxxx
- The London Stage , 1 ( pt. 2 ) 467
- Mates , Julian . 1962 . The American Musical Stage Before 1800 , 156 – 9 . New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press .
- Virga , Patricia H. 1982 . The American Opera to 1790 , 3 Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press .
- LCP . 1759 . “The Humble Address of the Synod of New York and Philadelphia” . In Pennsylvania Archives , series I Vol. 3 , 656
- LCP . 1759 . “The Petition of Alexander Alexander, Smith, and William Williams, Painter” . In Pennsylvania Archives , series I Vol. 3 , 659
- The London Stage , 1 ( pt. 3 ) cxxxix
- The London Stage , 2 ( pt. 2 ) cxxx
- The London Stage , 1 ( pt. 4 ) cxli
- The London Stage , 2 ( pt. 2 ) cxxx
- 1767 . True Pleasure, Chearfulness, and Happiness, the immediate Consequence of Religion Fully and concisely proved. With some Remarks on the Theatre. , 22 Philadelphia : Wm. & Thomas Bradford .
- 1767 . Pennsylvania Chronicle , March 30‐April 6 and April 13–20
- The London Stage , 2 ( pt. 2 ) cxxxii
- LCP . 1774 . Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 Edited by: Ford , Worthington C. Vol. 1 , 78
- Fisher , Darlene Emmert . 1970 . “Social Life in Philadelphia during the British Occupation” . Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , 37 ( 3 ) July : 246 – 9 .
- Diffenderffer , F. R. 1903 . “Early Lancaster Playbills and Playhouses” . Lancaster County Historical Society Papers , 7 : 24 – 9 .
- Reichman , Felix . 1941 . “Amusements in Lancaster, 1750–1940” . Lancaster County Historical Society Papers , 45 : 30 – 2 .
- Reeves , John B. 1897 . “Extracts from the Letter‐Books of Lieutenant Enos Reeves” . Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , 21 : 83 – 4 .
- Ford , Paul Leicester . 1899 . Washington and the Theatre , 2 26 – 8 . New York : Dunlap Society .
- LCP . Pennsylvania Archives , series I Vol. 7 , 77
- Reeves , John B. 1897 . “Extracts from the Letter‐Books of Lieutenant Enos Reeves” . Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , 21 : 83 – 4 .
- LCP . Jan. 21 1777 . Laws Enacted in the General Assembly of Pennsylvania Jan. 21 , 190 ‐Oct. 1, 1781, ch. 98
- LCP . Pennsylvania Archives , series I Vol. 9 , 573
- Colonial Records‐Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania Vol. 13 , 323
- Pennsylvania Archives , series I Vol. 10 , 141
- 1783 . Gazetteer of Freedom , Nov. 8
- Moore , Lillian . 1948 . “John Durang: The First American Dancer” . In Chronicles of the American Dance , Edited by: Magriel , Paul . 16 – 18 . New York : Da Capo Press . rpt. 1978
- London Stage , 2 ( pt. 3 ) 927
- LCP . 1788 . Pennsylvania Archives , 11 : 342
- 1788 . Pennsylvania Packet , Dec. 6, 23, and 30
- 1789 . Pennsylvania Packet , Jan. 9
- 1789 . Pennsylvania Packet , Jan. 19 and Feb. 3