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NYM(G.773.217
15 Nov 1773:34 (1151)
By permission of his Worship Whitehead Hicks, Esq; Mayor of
New-York. Benjamin Abram, who has had the honour of
performing before the Kings of Prussia and Denmark, &c.
will, on Tuesday the 9th, and Thursday the 11th inst. at the
house of Mr. Robert Hull, in the Broadway, at VI o'clock in
the evening, exhibit balancing.
I. Sets a chair on his forehead, and balances it by musick.
II-V [other balancing acts]
VI. Balances the peacock's feather upon his nose, lays down
upon his back and gets up again by musick.
VII-XII [other balancing acts] Also, dexterity of hand in a
manner altogether new, being never as yet exhibited in any
part of America; . . . [1 more sentence, plus sites for
ticket purchase]
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