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Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House on the Night of May 10th, 1849

ACCOUNT OF THE TERRIFIC AND FATAL RIOT

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AT THE New York Astor Place Opera House, On the night of May 10th, 1849; WITH THE QUARRELS OF FORREST AND MACREADY, INCLUDING ALL THE CAUSES WHICH LED TO THAT AWFUL TRAGEDY! Wherein an infuriated mob was quelled by the Public Authorities and Military, with its mournful termination in the Sudden Death or Mutilation of more than Fifty Citizens, WITH FULL AND AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS.

“LET JUSTICE BE DONE THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL!”

NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY H. M. RANNEY. 1849.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, BY H. M. RANNEY, In the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York.

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