Article on the Hoffmann-Varian divorce lawsuit

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30 December 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Oct 1868

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LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Charlotte Varian;  Edward [pf - composer] Hoffman

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Article: New York Clipper, 10 October 1868, 214.

Charlotte V. Hoffman (née Bartlett, aka Varian James), former prima donna, has sued Edward Hoffman, pianist and composer, for divorce on the grounds of adultery. The couple, which married in Providence, R.I., April 1863, has toured the country giving concerts.