Citation - Boston Evening Post (Fleet): 1751.08.05

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Index Entry Handel: Messiah [t], performance in London 
Location London 
Citation
BEP(F.751.015
5 Aug 1751:22 (833)
London, May 18. . .  Thursday the sacred oratorio, called
the Messiah, was performed in the chapel of the Foundling
Hospital, with a fine voluntary of 40 minutes, by Mr.
Handel, to a numerous and polite audience; there were
computed to be upwards of 500 coaches, besides chairs, &c.
and the tickets to amount to upwards of 700 guineas.


Generic Title Boston Evening Post (Fleet) 
Date 1751.08.05 
Publisher Fleet, T. 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1751 
Bibliography B0002625
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