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Participation details - 4
Troupe Affiliation - 4
Events Naming Person - 95
Songs & Acts - 19
Bibliographic Sources - 207
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Biographical Overview

Birth Date: exactly
Death Date: exactly (c. 1852)

Notes

In 1848, a young black American called Juba arrived in London from New York and danced, to great acclaim and notice. This dancer’s style of performance created a sensation, and he toured extensively through 1851, after which he disappeared from the documentary record. During this brief period, he was noticed by the press more often than any other dancer in England, and received wide praise for his innovative style and–apparently–unnerving skill.



Who he was is uncertain. According to early histories and popular tradition, his name was William Henry Lane, and he may have been the performer named Juba who toured in the north-eastern United States and appeared in variety houses in New York City in the 1840s. The documents are few and far between; what we know is only that the dancer who toured Britain had a profound influence on dance.



It has been argued that his dance was an authentic depiction of southern plantation performance, and therefore African in origin. It has also been argued that Juba ‘invented’ tap dance. Both statements are impossible to prove, but certainly he was doing something that was difficult to describe; and he had a clear and long-lasting effect on dance.



Birth name: William Henry Lane?




Troupes:


  • Ethiopian Serenaders 1848-49
  • Ethiopian Serenaders 1849
  • American Serenaders 1850
  • Juba - Solo (1850-51)



Moniker(s):

  • Boz's Juba
  • Master Juba
  • "the Prince of Negro Dancers"
  • “the Greatest dancer ever before the public”
  • “the ‘World’s Wonder’”
  • “that extraordinary youth of colour”
  • “the most wonderful dancer in the world”
  • “the hero of Charles Dickens, Esq.’s ‘American Notes’”
  • “a genuine Son of the Southern Clime”
  • “The inimitable Juba”
  • “the best Dancer living!”
  • “the greatest wonder in the world!”
  • “the only youth of colour ever before the Public”
  • “Boz’s veritable Juba”
  • “a perfect phenomenon”
  • “the wonder of wonders”
  • “this bronze genius”
  • “ ‘Master Juba,’ the immortalized of Boz”
  • “a copper-coloured votary of Terpsichore”
  • “the ebony-tinted gentleman”
  • “the sable hero of comic dancing”
  • “the Monsieur Perrot of negro life in the southern states”
  • “Juba, the American Dancer”




Common Acts:

  • "Miss Lucy Long"
  • Festival Dance
  • Plantation Dance
  • "Buffalo Gals"
  • "Stop 'dat Knocking"
  • "Jenny put de Kettle on"
  • "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"
  • "Way Down South"
  • "Come Back Stephen"
  • Corn Husking Dance

Participation details

  • Vocalist
  • Minstrel
  • Tambourine player
  • Dancer

Troupe Affiliation

Troupe Name Event # of events
American Serenaders (1850) Minstrel 4
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Minstrel 51
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50) Minstrel 10
Juba (1850-1851) Minstrel 30

Events Naming Person

Event Date Location Troupe
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Mechanics' Institute, Nottingham Nottinghamshire American Serenaders (1850)
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Mechanics' Institute, Nottingham Nottinghamshire American Serenaders (1850)
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding American Serenaders (1850)
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding American Serenaders (1850)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Music Hall, Sheffield, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Staffordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Staffordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Concert Hall, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Concert Hall, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Music Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) in Northumberlan Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Music Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) in Northumberlan Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Store Street Music Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Corn Exchange, Stirling, Stirling Stirling Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Corn Exchange, Stirling, Stirling Stirling Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Dundee, Dundee Forfar Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Dundee, Dundee Forfar Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Concert Hall, Liverpool Lancashire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Colosseum, Manchester Lancashire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Colosseum, Manchester Lancashire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Colosseum, Manchester Lancashire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Colosseum, Manchester Lancashire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Colosseum, Manchester Lancashire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Colosseum, Manchester Lancashire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Casino, Leeds Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Dramatic 1850-1850 Wild’s New Theatre, Huddersfield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Dramatic 1850-1850 Wild’s New Theatre, Huddersfield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Dramatic 1850-1850 Wild’s New Theatre, Huddersfield Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Bermondsey Saloon, Bradford Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1850-1850 Bermondsey Saloon, Bradford Yorkshire: West Riding Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Concert Hall, Hanley Worcestershire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Standard Concert Hall, Birmingham Warwickshire Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1851-1851 City Tavern, Dublin Dublin Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1851-1851 City Tavern, Dublin Dublin Juba (1850-1851)
Variety 1851-1851 City Tavern, Dublin Dublin Juba (1850-1851)

Songs & Acts

Number of songs and acts found: 19
Title Type Number of Events Found
1 Buffalo Gals Song 1 event(s)
2 Lucy Long Song 25 event(s)
3 Stop dat Knockin! Song 4 event(s)
4 Come Back Stephen Song 1 event(s)
5 Jenny, put de Kittle on Song 16 event(s)
6 Festival Dance (Original) Dance 15 event(s)
7 Plantation Dance, (Original) Dance 28 event(s)
8 Carry Me Back to Old Virginia Song 1 event(s)
9 Corn Husking Dance (Original) Dance 2 event(s)
10 Festival, or Plantation Dances (Original) Dance 1 event(s)
11 Jenny Lind Song 2 event(s)
12 Marriage Festival Dance Dance 6 event(s)
13 Spot that we were born on Song 3 event(s)
14 Way down South Song 3 event(s)
15 Who's dat knocking at de Door Song 3 event(s)
16 Coloured Fancy Sketch Sketch 1 event(s)
17 Jim Crow Song 1 event(s)
18 Dance (Original) Dance 4 event(s)
19 Old Pedee, The Song 3 event(s)

Bibliographic Sources

  • Advertiser (London) June 12, 1848: ?.
  • Advertiser (London) June 20, 1848: ?.
  • Albion (Liverpool) November 20, 1848: 3: 1.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) November 20, 1848: 1: 1.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) October 30, 1848: 2: 6.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) November 27, 1848: 2: 6.
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    • other (comparison to Falstaff)
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  • Albion (Liverpool) December 4, 1848: 3: 3.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) November 13, 1848: 1: 1.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) November 13, 1848: 3: 2.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) February 12, 1849: 1: 1.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) February 5, 1849: 1: 1.
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  • Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle September 10, 1848: 1: 1.
  • Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 20, 1848: 2:1.
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    • slogan
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  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle September 24, 1848: 2: 1.
  • Juba:
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  • Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 27, 1848: 3: 1.
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  • Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle June 25, 1848: 2: 1.
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  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 13, 1848: 3: 3.
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  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle July 2, 1848: 3: 3.
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  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 27, 1848: 2 (1st relevant article).
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  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 27, 1848: 2 (2nd relevant article).
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  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 27, 1848: 2 (3rd relevant article).
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  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle September 3, 1848: 2: 1.
  • Bell's Weekly Newspaper (London) June 18, 1848: 5: 5.
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  • Bell's Weekly Newspaper (London) July 16, 1848: 5: 6.
  • Bell’s Weekly Newspaper (London) August 27, 1848: 5: 6.
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  • Bell's Weekly Newspaper (London) September 3, 1848: 5: 6.
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  • Birmingham & General Advertiser March 22, 1849: 47:6.
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  • Birmingham & General Advertiser March 22, 1849: 47:6.
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  • Birmingham & General Advertiser March 22, 1849: 47: 6 (2nd relevant ad).
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  • Birmingham Journal March 24, 1849: 8: 3.
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    • other (comparison to Othello)
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  • Birmingham Journal December 16, 1848: 5:3.
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  • Birmingham Journal December 23, 1848: 1: 1.
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  • Birmingham Journal March 17, 1849: 5: 5.
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      (“the renowned Juba being the attraction”)
  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1 (1st ad in column).
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  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1.
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  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1.
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  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1 (1st ad in column).
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  • Brighton Guardian July 26, 1848
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  • Brighton Guardian July 26, 1848
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  • Bristol Mercury October 7, 1848: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
  • Bristol Mirror October 7, 1848: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
  • Britannia (London) July 1, 1848: ?.
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  • Britannia (London) July 8, 1848: ?.
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  • Britannia (London) June 10, 1848: 375.
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  • Britannia (London) June 24, 1848: ?.
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  • Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 12, 1849: 1: 3.
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  • Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 12, 1849: 3: 1.
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  • Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 19, 1849: 1: 2.
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  • Dundee Courier September 26, 1849: 3: 1.
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  • Edinburgh Evening Courant August 30, 1849: 3: 1.
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  • Edinburgh News September 1, 1849: 4: 4.
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  • Era (London) September 29, 1850: 11: 4.
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      (“has jumped ‘Jim Crow,’ ‘Lucy Long,’ &c.”)
  • Era (London) December 15, 1850: 12: 2.
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      (“the renowned Juba”)
  • Era (London) May 18, 1851: 11:2.
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    • description/review (compared unfavourably with Millicent)
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  • Era (London) May 28, 1848: 11:1.
  • Era (London) June 25, 1848: 12:1.
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  • Era (London) August 20, 1848: 11: 3.
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  • Era (London) July 30, 1848: 11:4.
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  • Era (London) August 27, 1848: 11:1.
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  • Era (London) August 20, 1848: 15:4.
  • Era (London) September 3, 1848: 11: 2.
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  • Era (London) November 5, 1848: 11: 4.
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      (“the celebrated Juba”)
  • Era (London) December 24, 1848: 11: 3.
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      (“extraordinary dancing”)
  • Era (London) May 20, 1849: 1: 2.
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  • Era (London) June 14, 1848: ?.
  • Era (London) September 23, 1849: 12:1.
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  • Era (London) June 25, 1848: 1.
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  • Era (London) June 18, 1848: 13:1.
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  • Era (London) April 21, 1850: 12: 1.
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      (“the far-famed Boz’s Juba”)
    • performance history

      (“has created such a sensation in almost every county in England”)
    • other (sense of price Juba could command):

      (Juba engaged “at an immense expense”)
  • Era (London) November 12, 1848: 12:2.
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  • Era (London) May 5, 1850: 12: 2.
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      (“astonishing dancing”)
  • Era (London) August 4, 1850: 11: 2.
  • Era (London) August 11, 1850: 12: 2.
  • Globe and Traveller (London) June 13, 1848: ?.
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  • Globe and Traveller (London) July 15, 1848: ?.
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  • Globe and Traveller (London) August 26, 1848: ?.
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  • Globe and Traveller (London) September 8, 1848: ?.
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 14.6.48): 135 (last article in final R column).
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 18.6.48): 137 (1st article on LS).
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 12.8.48): 134 (top half of page).
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated Sept. 1, 48): 132 (1st article on RS).
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 12.8.48): 134 (top half of page).
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 22.8.48): 134 (bottom half of page, last article in 1st column).
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping : page not numbered .
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 27.8.48): 132 (1st article on LS).
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated Sept. 48): 132 (2nd article on RS).
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  • Herald (London) June 12, 1848
  • Huddersfield Chronicle and West Yorkshire Advertiser November 16, 1850: 4: 6.
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  • Huddersfield Chronicle and West Yorkshire Advertiser November 30, 1850: 5: 1.
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  • Illustrated London News June 24, 1848: 404: 2.
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  • Illustrated London News August 5, 1848: 77 (3).
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  • Illustrated London News July 1, 1848: 420: 1.
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  • Illustrated London News August 12, 1848: 90: 3.
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  • Ladies' Newspaper (London) September 2, 1848: ?.
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 12, 1848)
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 21, 1848)
    Document Image, Part 1
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 21, 1848)
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 12, 1848)
    Document Image, Part 1
  • Liverpool Chronicle and General Advertiser November 11, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • slogan
  • Liverpool Chronicle and General Advertiser November 11, 1848: 5: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • performer endorsement
  • Liverpool Chronicle and General Advertiser November 18, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • performance history
    • performer endorsement
  • Liverpool Chronicle and General Advertiser November 25, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
  • Liverpool Chronicle and General Advertiser November 25, 1848: 4: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
  • Liverpool Journal November 11, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • performer endorsement
  • Liverpool Journal November 18, 1848: 3: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
  • Liverpool Mail November 11, 1848: 3: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
  • Liverpool Mail November 18, 1848: 2: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    • performer endorsement
  • Liverpool Mercury December 5, 1848: 4: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Liverpool Mercury November 10, 1848: 6: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      (“the truly ‘inimitable’”)
  • Liverpool Mercury January 26, 1849: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Liverpool Mercury November 14, 1848: 4: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Liverpool Standard November 14, 1848: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
  • Liverpool Standard October 24, 1848: 5: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
  • Liverpool Standard November 21, 1848: 6: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • other (comparison between Juba and local “toe and heel performers”)
  • Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper August 13, 1848: 10: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper August 27, 1848: 8: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performance history
  • Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser October 18, 1848: 5: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser October 18, 1848: 5: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • performer endorsement
    Part 2
  • Manchester Courier, and Lancashire General Advertiser October 21, 1848: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
  • Manchester Examiner October 10, 1848: 1:1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      (“the only living wonder seen by Boz”),
    • performance history

      (“will make his First Appearance in Manchester on Monday, October 16, 1848”)
    • performer endorsement

      (“immortalized by him [Dickens] in his ‘American Notes’”),
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Examiner October 10, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performance history
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Examiner October 21, 1848: 5: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • slogan
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Examiner October 17, 1848: 4: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Examiner October 24, 1948: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      (“feats are of a wonderful chanracter, and productive of the utmost surprise and gratification"),
    • moniker

      ("the wonderful Juba,” "Prince of Nigger dancers")
  • Manchester Guardian October 28, 1848: 7: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    • slogan
  • Manchester Guardian October 28, 1848: 6: 3.
    Info in Record:
      moniker
  • Manchester Guardian October 14, 1848: 1: 6 - 2nd relevant ad.
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performance history
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Guardian October 18, 1848: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Manchester Guardian October 18, 1848: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Part 2
  • Manchester Guardian October 14, 1848: 1: 6 (1st relevant ad).
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      (“the only living wonder seen by Boz”),
    • performance history

      (“will make his First Appearance in Manchester on Monday, October 16, 1848”)
    • performer endorsement

      (“immortalized by him [Dickens] in his ‘American Notes’”),
    Document Scan
  • Mark Lane Express (London) June 10, 1848: ?.
  • Midland Counties Herald, Birmingham and General Advertiser December 21, 1848: 203: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • Midland Counties Herald, Birmingham and General Advertiser December 21, 1848: 202: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ("extraordinary dancing of Juba must be seen to be appreciated")
  • Midland Counties Herald, Birmingham and General Advertiser December 21, 1848: 203: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    • slogan
  • Mirror and United Kingdom Magazine July 1848: ?.
  • Morning Advertiser (London) July 3, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the inimitable Juba"),
    • performer endorsement

      ("Immortalised by Boz")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Advertiser (London) July 10, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • performer endorsement

      ("pronounced by the Public Press to be the greatest wonder of the day")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Advertiser (London) June 27, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Morning Advertiser (London) August 22, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • performance history
    • slogan
    Document Scan
  • Morning Advertiser (London) August 29, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Morning Advertiser (London) June 13, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performance history
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Morning Advertiser (London) June 20, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) September 4, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts

      (“will repeat his character of Miss Lucy Long”)
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) August 1, 1848: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the inimitable Juba")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) September 11, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) September 18, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) June 22, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("extraordinary Ethiopian phenomenon"),
    • performer endorsement

      ("confirmation of Boz's opinion"),
    • slogan

      ("Juba Triumphant")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) August 23, 1848: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 7, 1848: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ( "extraordinary and unparalleled performances"),
    • performer endorsement

      (" immortalized by 'Boz' in his 'American Notes'"),
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 7, 1848: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the inimitable Juba")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 11, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) June 27, 1848: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ( "extraordinary and unparalleled performances"),
    • performer endorsement

      (" immortalized by 'Boz' in his 'American Notes'"),
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 3, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ("extraordinary and unparalleled performances"),
    • performer endorsement

      ("immortalized by 'Boz' in his 'American Notes'"),
  • Morning Chronicle (London) June 26, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ("unparalleled performances")
    • performer endorsement

      ("immortalized by 'Boz' in his 'American Notes'")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) June 29, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • performer endorsement

      ("immortalised by 'Boz' in his 'American Notes'")
    • slogan

      (“Juba Triumphant”)
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) August 30, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts

      (“will repeat his character of Miss Lucy Long”)
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 10, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • performer endorsement

      ("pronounced by the Public Press to be the greatest wonder of the day")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 14, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the inimitable Juba")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) August 28, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts

      (“will repeat his character of Miss Lucy Long”)
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 31, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • slogan
    Document Scan
  • News of the World (London) August 27, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • News of the World (London) September 3, 1848: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 11, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • **Note: all info as in June 10 listing in Britannia (London)
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) July 23, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the inimitable Juba")
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 18, 1848: 1.
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) August 20, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • performance history
    • slogan
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) July 2, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ("extraordinary and unparalleled terpsichorean feats and vocalization")
    • moniker

      ("the renowned Juba")
    • performer endorsement

      ("immortalized by Boz in his 'Sketches of American Character'")
    • slogan

      ("Juba Triumphant")
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 12, 1848: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performance history
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 25, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ( "extraordinary and unparalleled performances"),
    • performer endorsement

      (" immortalized by 'Boz' in his 'American Notes'"),
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) July 30, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • all info as in July 31 listing in Morning Chronicle (London)
    • moniker
    • slogan
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) September 3, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts

      (“will repeat his character of Miss Lucy Long”)
    Document Scan
  • Perthshire Constitutional September 12, 1849: 3: 1.
    Document Scan
  • Post (London) June 21, 1848: ?.
  • Puppet Show no. 54; March 17, 1849: box titled "Close of the Public Gardens".
    Info in Record:
    • imagery
    • other (humourous ‘speculation’ about what Juba, etc. are doing since the close of the season)
  • Scotsman, or Edinburgh Political and Literary Journal August 29, 1849: 3: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
  • Sheffield & Rotherham Independent October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • slogan
    Part 2
  • Sheffield & Rotherham Independent November 4, 1848: 8: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Sheffield & Rotherham Independent October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • slogan
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Sheffield Times October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    • slogan
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Sheffield Times October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    • slogan
    Part 2
  • Sheffield Times November 11, 1848: 8: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Sheffield Times March 30, 1850: 1: 5 (1st relevant ad).
    Info in Record:
    • performance history
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Sheffield Times April 6, 1850: 6: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Sheffield Times April 6, 1850: 1: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • slogan
    Document Scan
  • Sheffield Times May 11, 1850: 8: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Sheffield Times September 29, 1849: 4: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker (though not really Juba)
  • Sheffield Times and Rotherham and Worksop Advertiser March 30, 1850: 1: 6.
  • Standard (London) June 13, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Stirling Journal and Advertiser August 31, 1849: 3: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    • slogan
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Journal and Advertiser August 31, 1849: 3: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    • slogan
    Part 2
  • Stirling Journal and Morning Advertiser August 31, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • All info as in August 30 ad in Stirling Observer (p1)
    • acts
    • moniker
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Journal and Morning Advertiser August 31, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • All info as in August 30 ad in Stirling Observer (p1)
    • acts
    • moniker
    Part 2
  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    Part 2
  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 4: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 4: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    • slogan
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 4: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    • slogan
    Part 2
  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    Part 2
  • Sun (London) June 22, 1848: ?.
    Document Scan
  • Sunday Times (London) June 25, 1848: ?.
  • Theatrical Journal (London) August 1, 1850: 348:1.
  • Theatrical Journal (London) August 1, 1850: 347:2.
    Document Image
  • Theatrical Journal (London) June 7, 1849: 179.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • Theatrical Journal (London) July 11, 1850: 222: 2.

    Note: seems to refer to Juba, though his name is not specifically given

    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    • moniker
    Document Image
  • Theatrical Journal (London) July 25, 1850: 339 (sic): 1.
    Document Image
  • Times (London) July 3, 1848: 4: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the inimitable Juba"),
    • performer endorsement

      ("Immortalised by Boz")
    Document Scan
  • Times (London) July 11, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • performer endorsement

      ("pronounced by the Public Press to be the greatest wonder of the day")
    Document Scan
  • Times (London) July 24, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the inimitable Juba")
    Document Scan
  • Times (London) June 14, 1848: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review,
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan
  • Times (London) June 21, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("extraordinary Ethiopian phenomenon"),
    • performer endorsement

      ("confirmation of Boz's opinion"),
    • slogan

      ("Juba Triumphant")
    Document Scan
  • Times (London) July 31, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • All info as in July 31 listing in Morning Chronicle (London)
    • moniker
    • slogan
    Document Scan
  • Times (London) June 27, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ("extraordinary and unparalleled performances"),
    • performer endorsement

      ("immortalized by 'Boz' in his 'American Notes'"),
    Document Scan
  • United Service Gazette and Naval and Military Chronicle July 1, 1848: ?.
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/4: Playbill, October 4, 1848
  • Weekly Chronicle (London) June 18, 1848: ?.
  • Weekly Chronicle (London) June 17, 1848: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Weekly Chronicle (London) June 24, 1848: 7.
    Document Scan
  • Weekly Chronicle (London) August 26, 1848: 7.
    Document Scan
  • Weekly Dispatch (London) July 2, 1848: ?.
    Document Scan
  • Weekly Dispatch (London) June 25, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

      ( "extraordinary and unparalleled performances"),
    • performer endorsement

      (" immortalized by 'Boz' in his 'American Notes'"),
    Document Scan
  • Wolverhampton Chronicle December 22, 1848: 2: 1.
  • Wolverhampton Chronicle December 27, 1848: 3: 3.