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MJ.783.097
4 Jul 1783:22 (10/43 530)
Baltimore, July 4. . . Chester, in the State of Maryland,
May 16, 1783. On Wednesday last, the 14th instant, was held
the first commencement in Washington College, for degrees in
the Arts and Sciences; . . . [near bottom of column
describing activities:]
In the evening of the same day, Dr. Young's Tragedy of
the Brothers, notwithstanding the difficulty of the
composition, was acted with the greatest applause before a
vastly crouded and discerning audience, by the graduates and
some others of the students. Messrs. Charles Smith and John
Scott, who had before distinguished themselves in Tamerlane
and Bajazet, as well as in some principal characters in
other performances, during the last years of their
education, concluded their scholastic labours in this way,
by shining in the characters of the Two brothers! . . . [13
more lines]
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