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- ↑ (23 November 1867). Advertisement, New York Tribune (advertisement that The Belle's Stratagem would conclude that night and Maude's Peril would debut on Monday)
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- ↑ The Adelphi Theatre Project Sans Pareil Theatre, 1806-1819, Retrieved 5 December 2017