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[Invitation from the Mozart Academy of Music]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.113 Author/Creator: Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Document Date: 1886/01/09 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

"We respectfully request your attendance at the Grand Inaugural Performance in Honor of the Opening of the New Mozart Academy of Music on Tuesday Evening, January 12th. With the Compliments of Herzog & Co., Proprietors and Managers." The production being put up is "The Mikado."

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