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NHG-P.770.002
5 Jan 1770:31 (690)
Salem, January 2, 1770. Generosity and Compassion united.
On Monday the 18th instant, in the evening, Mr. M. A.
Warwell, Gent. read (at the Assembly Room in this Town) the
Beggar's Opera, to a Number of Gentleman and Ladies, and to
universal satisfaction. His tickets amounting to L. 7-6-8
lawful Money, the whole of which he generously gave as a
charity to the poor and distressed widows & orphans of this
place, who are real objects of pity and commiseration.---May
the above example excite others, in their several
capacities, to go and do likewise.
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