Manuscripts

Contract for Christy's Minstrels

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Description: Notarized contract made in San Francisco between Thomas Maguire, George Christy, and Richard M. Hooley and Napier Lothian engaging Christy's Minstrels for forty dollars a week. Signed by Maguire, Chrisy, Hooley, and Lothian. Includes authorized statement from a notary public.
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Production date: 1858, June 7.
Call number: mssHM 73658
Provenance: Purchased from Morrill, May 11, 1963.
Associated people: Christy, George N., (1827-1868,)
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