(NEW YORK CITY) Small collection of documents relating to th

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(NEW YORK CITY.) Small collection of documents relating to the Astor Place Riot of 1849. 5 items, various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1819-74

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The deadly Astor Place Riot was a clash between the supporters of two Shakespearean actors: American Edwin Forrest and English William Macready. This lot includes: The ruling of a New York City finance committee on a petition by a local militia unit "for donation to repair damage done to their equipments at the Astor Place Riot," signed by committee members and docketed on verso 25 February 1850 An Autograph Note Signed by Macready, Covent Garden Theatre, 2 May [no year] Autograph Quotation Signed by Forrest, "All the world's a stage," 7 November 1862 Engravings of Macready and Forrest, 1819 and 1874 respectively.