Woodcut for Theatre on fire. Awful calamity! : A letter from Richmond, Virginia dated Dec. 27, says, "Last night the theatre took fire and was consumed, together with about 80 people, with the Governor Smith ..." Later accounts say, 160 skull bones have been found
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“Woodcut for Theatre on fire. Awful calamity! : A letter from Richmond, Virginia dated Dec. 27, says, "Last night the theatre took fire and was consumed, together with about 80 people, with the Governor Smith ..." Later accounts say, 160 skull bones have been found,” Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project, accessed October 22, 2026, https://collections.americanantiquarian.org/thomasballads/items/show/526.