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Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 January 1864
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1154 - L. Jan. 27:4/2 - John B. Gough will lecture on "Peculiar People,"
at the Euclid st. Presbyterian church. He is the greatest natural ora-
tor of the age. Admission is $.25; reserved seats $.50. (3)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 January 1864
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1155 - L. Jan. 27:4/2 - John B. Gough lectured last night to the Young
Men's Christian Association, at the Euclid st. Presbyterian church.
His subject was "Peculiar People," a very racy and agreeable discourse,
in Gough's peculiar style. A large crowd attended. . (2)
Euclid st. Presbyterian church; Gough, John B.; Young Men's Christian association
Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 February 1864
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1156 - L. Feb. 9:4/2 - John B. Gough will lecture at the Euclid st. Pres-
byterian church, on "Eloquence and Orators." The author's long experience,
keen analysis and rare power of oratory, enable him to handle this sub-
ject perfectly. - - (2)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 10 February 1864
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1157 - L. Feb. 10; ed:4/3 - The lecture of John B. Gough was attended
by a large audience. There is no such thing possible as reporting
Gough's lecture. "Words convey nothing of the infinite play of fancy
and oratoric passion with which for two brief hours, he held spellbound
the varied souls before him." (10)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 November 1864
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1161 - L. Nov. 11; adv:2/3 - The Lecture Season for 1864 - 65 will be as
follows: - -
James E. Murdock, Nov. 17, Reading and Recitations; Dr. J. C. Holland,
Dec. 1, "Cost and Compensation"; Rev. John S. C. Abbott, Dec. 8, "Our
War and General Grant"; Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Dec. 22, "Good Living";
Rev. James Eells, D.D., Jan. 12, "The Half Moon and the May Flowers";
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jan. 18, a new lecture; Edmund Kirk, Jan. - "Jeff
Davis at Home"; the Hon. Daniel L. Dickinson, Feb. - "Man in his
relation to Society and Government"; John B. Gough, Mar. 14, subject
not yet announced; Rev. J. C. Fletcher, "Two Thousand Miles up the
Amazon."
Single tickets for the course will cost $2.00;
Tickets admitting lady and gentleman, $3.00;
Tickets admitting two ladies and one gentleman, $4.00;
Tickets to single lecture will cost 30 cents; reserved seats 25 cents
extra. - - (6)
Abbott, Rev. John S. C.; Dickinson, Daniel L.; Eells, Rev. James, D. D.; Emerson, Ralph Waldo; Fletcher, Rev. J. C.; Gough, John B.; Holland, Dr. J. G.; Kirk, Edmund; Ludlow, Fitz Hugh; Murdock, James E. (elocutionist)