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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1857

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The Ball. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1857 · page 2

GENTLEMEN—Great preparations are going forward amongst the elite towards getting up a grand public hall, which comes off on Thursthe the 4th June, at the Court House, East…

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Original Correspondence. the Ball. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1857 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—Can any one define the term gentlemen, and is there any connection between that and aristocrat? Does gentility consist in a low-bred vulgar assumption of…

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