Portland Fire Victims Benefit Concert--CANCELLED

Event Information

Venue(s):
Irving Hall

Price: $1

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 August 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Sep 1866, Evening

Program Details

Only mention of this concert found in July 1866; September papers do not advertise it. AN: NYT 09/24/66, p. 4 announces “M. Hartz, the illusionist” at Irving Hall on 09/24/66 at 8 pm.

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 July 1866, 7.

“Charitable gift concert for the benefit of the Portland Sufferers by the late disastrous fire...special notice—The net proceeds will be devoted to the relief of the Portland sufferers, and distributed by the Mayor of Portland.” Includes a list of gifts to be distributed by a committee chosen by the audience.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 July 1866.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 24 September 1866, 4.