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- ↑ Loren K. Ruff. Joseph Harper and Boston's Board Alley Theatre, 1792–1793. Educational Theatre Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Mar., 1974)
- ↑ Seilhamer, George Oberkirsh (1891). "History of the American Theatre: New foundations [1792-1797".
- ↑ (22 September 1860). History of the American Stage, New York Clipper
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