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This well known actor died recently in New York, leaving, we are sorry to say, his wife and family of seven children perfectly destitute. Mr
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357:, died aged 13 and was buried there. In 1846 he opened another Liverpool theatre as the Theatre Royal Adelphi, but this also proving unsuccessful in June 1848 he sailed for an acting engagement in the United States. In July 1848 he made his New York début at
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palmy era and afterwards for a brief season, Drury Lane. A subscription, we understand, has been set on foot at
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Coleman (1831–1904) later recollected of Hammond that, 'He had wigs of all kinds and costumes of every description, but he was always Hammond in another wig and another coat.'
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where he sang from his repertoire of comic songs. In early August 1848 he appeared in various productions at Niblo's including playing Tony
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