Concert: William N. Smith Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 January 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Apr 1867, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Ruey Hughes;  Nelse Seymour;  Charley White;  John T. Boyce [minstrel];  Andrew J. Leavitt;  John [Ethiopian comedian] Mulligan;  A. M. Hernandez;  Leslie Chase (Lew) [minstrel] Brimmer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 April 1867, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 April 1867, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Sun, 16 April 1867.

“Grand complimentary benefit for William N. Smith, the bone player, whose right arm has been paralyzed for eighteen months and who is facing imminent surgery.”

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 20 April 1867, 14, 2d col., top.