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LADIES ENGAGEMENT CARD, / GRAND BAL MASQUE, / LAMAR HOUSE, / Tuesday Eve., Dec. 26th, / 1871. Floor Managers./ E. W. Crozier. Assisted By / F. W. Armstrong, G. B. Mason, / T.D. Dodson, S.W. Paxton, / J.F. Craighead, A. Allison [complete Text On Front Wrapper] -

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LADIES ENGAGEMENT CARD, / GRAND BAL MASQUE, / LAMAR HOUSE, / Tuesday Eve., Dec. 26th, / 1871. Floor Managers./ E. W. Crozier. Assisted by / F. W. Armstrong, G. B. Mason, / T.D. Dodson, S.W. Paxton, / J.F. Craighead, A. Allison [complete text on front wrapper]

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[Knoxville, TN]: Lamar House (?), 1871. Dance card, 4 x 2 5/8 inches, two integral leaves, the first with cover and Programme verso (listing 11 dances by type of music), the integral leaf with printed spaces for partners for each dance (unused), list of honorary managers (including Col. H. L. McClung, Gen. Joseph A. Mabry, and Major Thomas O'Connor) verso. Eleven years later O'Connor killed Mabry and his son in a famous Knoxville dispute, but the son also got off a shot, killing O'Connor. Original white light card stock, both wrappers with elaborate ornamental gilt frame enclosing text. Very good.

  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Lamar House (?)
  • Place of Publication [Knoxville, TN]
  • Date Published 1871