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Difference between revisions of "Lent's New York Circus 1867"
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The actual Toronto ad for their visit didn't run until Jun 21, but no indication of when it was arranged. <br> | The actual Toronto ad for their visit didn't run until Jun 21, but no indication of when it was arranged. <br> | ||
According to the cancellation notice placed in the Kingston paper, the editor was sent a notice from Toronto.''(See Kingston subpage)'' <br> | According to the cancellation notice placed in the Kingston paper, the editor was sent a notice from Toronto.''(See Kingston subpage)'' <br> | ||
| − | It could have been either a letter or a telegram (mail was much quicker then) and either could have been sent late the previous day. <br> | + | It could have been either a letter or a telegram (mail was much quicker then) and either could have been sent very late the previous day, <br> |
| + | or the telegram could have been sent early on the 20th, previous to the newspaper type being set. <br> | ||
== Itinerary == | == Itinerary == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:05, 15 March 2012
Proprietor: ???
Manager: L B Lent
Agent: ???
Equestrian: Carlotta De Berg, Madigan, James Cook, Wm Ducrow, S P Stickney
Gymnast: Runnells Family
Clown: Joe Pentland
Specialty: Hurdle leaping buffalo
Elephant: ???
Band: Prof Boswold's Original Opera Band
Troupe Size: ???
Capacity: ???
Admission: 50¢ - ch<10 25¢
Advertised daily in Montreal from Jun 11 up until Jun 19. (See rave reviews by checking Montreal subpage)
The actual Toronto ad for their visit didn't run until Jun 21, but no indication of when it was arranged.
According to the cancellation notice placed in the Kingston paper, the editor was sent a notice from Toronto.(See Kingston subpage)
It could have been either a letter or a telegram (mail was much quicker then) and either could have been sent very late the previous day,
or the telegram could have been sent early on the 20th, previous to the newspaper type being set.
Itinerary
This was billed as a railway circus.
The initial route posting showed a generally good coverage of Ontario by rail.
The second posting showed a re-adjusted coverage that took the troupe to Toronto much more quickly. It could be argued that they wanted
to be in Toronto for the celebrations around the creation of the Dominion of Canada on July 01.
Because of the later cancellation, something else must have occurred that only slighted affected their plans, then drastically changed them.
This re-adjusted route was abandoned as they were in Toronto Jun 21,22 and it was reported they were in Port Huron on Jun 24th. (unproven as yet)
Clipper magazine reported that the route in Canada was cut short as a result of bad business due to lack of local money and anti-Yankee sentiment.
This report doesn't make sense as the route was cancelled before they ever arrived in Ontario.
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| Date | Jun 12 Ad – TO | Jun ?? Ad – TO | Actual |
| June 17 | Montreal | ||
| Jun 18 | Montreal | ||
| Jun 19 | Montreal | ||
| Jun 20 | Montreal | ||
| Jun 21 | Cornwall | Cornwall | Toronto |
| Jun 22 | Williamsberg | Williamsberg | Toronto |
| Jun 24 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Port Huron, MI ? |
| Jun 25 | Ottawa | Ottawa | |
| Jun 26 | Brockville | Brockville | |
| Jun 27 | Kingston | Kingston | |
| Jun 28 | Belleville | Belleville | |
| Jun 29 | Trenton | Port Hope | |
| July 01 | Cobourg | Toronto | |
| Jul 02 | Peterborough | Toronto | |
| Jul 03 | Lindsay | Guelph | |
| Jul 04 | Port Hope | London | |
| Jul 05 | Bowmanville | St Marys | |
| Jul 06 | Whitby | ||
| Jul 08 | Barrie | ||
| Jul 09 | Newmarket | ||
| Jul 10 | Toronto | ||
| Jul 11 | Toronto | ||
| Jul 12 | Guelph | ||
| Jul 13 | Berlin (Kitchener) | ||
| Jul 15 | Goderich | ||
| Jul 16 | Clinton | ||
| Jul 17 | Stratford | ||
| Jul 18 | Brantford | ||
| Jul 19 | Caledonia | ||
| Jul 20 | Port Colborne | ||
| Jul 22 | St Catharines | ||
| Jul 23 | Hamilton | ||
| Jul 24 | Paris | ||
| Jul 25 | Woodstock | ||
| Jul 26 | London | ||
| Jul 27 | Chatham |
