159 Events
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Sunday, January 5, 1896 |
Opera House Detroit, MI |
Lecture | Lincoln | fairly well-filled house |
Tour: 96A |
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Monday, January 6, 1896 |
Hibbard Opera House Jackson, MI |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | very few seats vacant |
Tour: 96A |
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Tuesday, January 7, 1896 |
Masonic Temple Fort Wayne, IN |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96A |
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Wednesday, January 8, 1896 |
Powers Opera House Grand Rapids, MI |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96A |
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Wednesday, January 8, 1896 |
Morton Hotel Grand Rapids, MI |
Interview | Grand Rapids Herald | On Grover |
Tour: 96A |
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Friday, January 10, 1896 |
Academy of Music Kalamazoo, MI |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | People’s church visit |
Tour: 96A |
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Saturday, January 11, 1896 |
Croswell Opera House Adrian, MI |
Lecture | Lincoln | Tour: 96A |
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Sunday, January 12, 1896 |
Toledo, OH | Writing | letter to NY Journal> | explaining remarks on People’s church |
Tour: 96A |
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Sunday, January 12, 1896 |
People's Theater Toledo, OH |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96A |
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Monday, January 13, 1896 |
Dolan's Opera House Logansport, IN |
Lecture | Holy Bible | Tour: 96A |
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Monday, January 13, 1896 |
Logansport, IN | Interview | Logansport Times | Poets |
Tour: 96A |
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Tuesday, January 14, 1896 |
Marion, IN | Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96A |
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Wednesday, January 15, 1896 |
Lima, OH | Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96A |
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Thursday, January 16, 1896 |
Tiffin, OH | Lecture | Lincoln | Tour: 96A |
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Friday, January 17, 1896 |
Findlay, OH | Lecture | Holy Bible | 3000 attendees |
Tour: 96A |
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Saturday, January 18, 1896 |
Alliance, OH | Lecture | Holy Bible | Tour: 96A |
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Sunday, January 19, 1896 |
Akron, OH | Lecture | Holy Bible | Tour: 96A |
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Thursday, January 23, 1896 |
New York, NY | Writing | College Bigotry | ||
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Sunday, January 26, 1896 |
Broadway Theater New York, NY |
Lecture | Shakespeare | same lecture delivered in NY about 2 years earlier |
Tour: 96B |
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Thursday, January 30, 1896 |
Macauley's Theater Louisville, KY |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96B |
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Friday, January 31, 1896 |
Grand Opera House Memphis, TN |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96B |
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Saturday, February 1, 1896 |
Capital Theater Little Rock, AR |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96B |
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Monday, February 3, 1896 |
Hot Springs, AR | Lecture | Tour: 96B |
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Monday, February 3, 1896 |
Arlington Hotel Hot Springs, AR |
Correspondence | Letter to Maud | Tour: 96B |
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Tuesday, February 4, 1896 |
Texarkana, TX | Lecture | Shakespeare | poor attendance |
Tour: 96B |
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Tuesday, February 4, 1896 |
Cosmopolitan Hotel Texarkana, TX |
Correspondence | Letter to Maud | Tour: 96B |
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Wednesday, February 5, 1896 |
Marshall, TX | Lecture | Tour: 96B |
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Thursday, February 6, 1896 |
Opera house Dallas, TX |
Lecture | Liberty | Largest audience of the season |
Tour: 96B |
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Friday, February 7, 1896 |
Waco, TX | Lecture | Tour: 96B |
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Saturday, February 8, 1896 |
Hotel Grand Galveston, TX |
Correspondence | Letter to children | left Waco last night, earlier Dallas |
Tour: 96B |
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Saturday, February 8, 1896 |
Grand Opera House Galveston, TX |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96B |
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Sunday, February 9, 1896 |
Opera house Houston, TX |
Lecture | Liberty | largest audiences of the season |
Tour: 96B |
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Monday, February 10, 1896 |
Grand Opera House San Antonio, TX |
Lecture | Liberty | packed house |
Tour: 96B |
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Tuesday, February 11, 1896 |
Millett's Opera House Austin, TX |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96B |
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Wednesday, February 12, 1896 |
Greenwall's Opera House Fort Worth, TX |
Lecture | lectured to Standing Room Only |
Tour: 96B |
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Thursday, February 13, 1896 |
Binkley House Sherman, TX |
Correspondence | Letter to children | Tour: 96B |
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Thursday, February 13, 1896 |
Opera House Sherman, TX |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96B |
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Friday, February 14, 1896 |
Paris, TX | Lecture | morning lecture |
Tour: 96B |
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Friday, February 14, 1896 |
Fort Smith, AR | Lecture | Tour: 96B |
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Saturday, February 15, 1896 |
Springfield, MO | Lecture | Tour: 96B |
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Sunday, February 16, 1896 |
Olympic Theater St. Louis, MO |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | large audience |
Tour: 96B |
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Saturday, February 22, 1896 |
Geneva, NY | Lecture | Lincoln | ||
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Sunday, February 23, 1896 |
Lyceum Theater Rochester, NY |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Rochester Herald ad says “only appearance in Rochester this season” |
Tour: 96C |
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Monday, February 24, 1896 |
Rochester, NY | Interview | Rochester Herald | A Little of Everything |
Tour: 96C |
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Tuesday, February 25, 1896 |
Wieting Opera House Syracuse, NY |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96C |
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Wednesday, February 26, 1896 |
Kasson Opera House Gloversville, NY |
Lecture | Lincoln | largely attended”1st appearance this season (more?) |
Tour: 96C |
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Sunday, March 1, 1896 |
Opera House Paterson, NJ |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | good-sized audience |
Tour: 96C |
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Friday, March 6, 1896 |
Court Square Theater Springfield, MA |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | small audience |
Tour: 96C |
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Saturday, March 7, 1896 |
Springfield, MA | Correspondence | Letter to Maud | Tour: 96C |
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Saturday, March 7, 1896 |
Opera House Palmer, MA |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96C |
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Sunday, March 8, 1896 |
Boston Theater Boston, MA |
Lecture | Liberty | filled theater |
Tour: 96C |
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Monday, March 9, 1896 |
Lynn, MA | Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96C |
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Tuesday, March 10, 1896 |
Adams House Boston, MA |
Correspondence | Letter to Maud | Very good house at Lynn last night |
Tour: 96C |
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Tuesday, March 10, 1896 |
Opera house Lowell, MA |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96C |
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Wednesday, March 11, 1896 |
New Town Hall Leominster, MA |
Lecture | Lincoln | Tour: 96C |
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Thursday, March 12, 1896 |
Infantry Hall Providence, RI |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96C |
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Friday, March 13, 1896 |
Worcester Theater Worcester, MA |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96C |
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Sunday, March 15, 1896 |
Columbia Theater Brooklyn, NY |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96C |
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Sunday, March 22, 1896 |
Park City Theater Bridgeport, CT |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | ||
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Monday, March 23, 1896 |
Derby, CT | Lecture | Liberty | ||
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Tuesday, March 24, 1896 |
Loomer Opera House Willimantic, CT |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | large audience |
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Wednesday, March 25, 1896 |
Opera house Waterbury, CT |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | ||
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Thursday, March 26, 1896 |
Opera house Danbury, CT |
Lecture | Holy Bible | small audience |
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Sunday, March 29, 1896 |
Metzerott's Washington, DC |
Lecture | Secular League ’96 | ||
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Sunday, March 29, 1896 |
New National Theater Washington, DC |
Lecture | Liberty | big audience |
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Monday, March 30, 1896 |
New York, NY | Lecture | |||
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Tuesday, March 31, 1896 |
Academy of Music Jersey City, NJ |
Lecture | Liberty | ||
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Sunday, April 5, 1896 |
Star Theatre Buffalo, NY |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96D |
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Monday, April 6, 1896 |
Opera house Ashtabula, OH |
Lecture | Liberty | first lecture in Ashtabula |
Tour: 96D |
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Tuesday, April 7, 1896 |
Gray's Armory Cleveland, OH |
Lecture | Agnostic | Tour: 96D |
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Wednesday, April 8, 1896 |
Cleveland, OH | Correspondence | Letter to children | talks about visting Ashtabula where he lived 55 years ago |
Tour: 96D |
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Wednesday, April 8, 1896 |
Spencer Opera House Kendallville, IN |
Lecture | Liberty | very large audience |
Tour: 96D |
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Thursday, April 9, 1896 |
Coldwater, MI | Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96D |
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Friday, April 10, 1896 |
Michigan City, IN | Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96D |
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Saturday, April 11, 1896 |
Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI |
Lecture | Liberty | about 1000 in audience |
Tour: 96D |
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Sunday, April 12, 1896 |
Columbia Theater Chicago, IL |
Lecture | Reform Mankind | speech before Church Militant |
Tour: 96D |
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Sunday, April 12, 1896 |
McVicker's Theater Chicago, IL |
Lecture | Agnostic | Tour: 96D |
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Monday, April 13, 1896 |
The Vreeland Michigan City, IN |
Correspondence | Letter to children | “we will see you on Saturday” |
Tour: 96D |
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Monday, April 13, 1896 |
Dowagiac, MI | Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96D |
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Tuesday, April 14, 1896 |
Dowagiac, MI | Correspondence | Letter to children | “goodbye until next Saturday” |
Tour: 96D |
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Tuesday, April 14, 1896 |
Bucklen Opera House Elkhart, IN |
Lecture | Agnostic | Tour: 96D |
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Wednesday, April 15, 1896 |
Opera house Upper Sandusky, OH |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96D |
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Thursday, April 16, 1896 |
Massillon, OH | Interview | Massillon Independent | Tour: 96D |
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Thursday, April 16, 1896 |
Bucher's Opera House Massillon, OH |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Immense Audience |
Tour: 96D |
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Friday, April 17, 1896 |
Massillon, OH | Interview | Pittsburgh Press | Ingersoll Takes It Easy |
Tour: 96D |
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Friday, April 17, 1896 |
Massillon, OH | Interview | Cincinnati Enquirer | Tour: 96D |
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Friday, April 17, 1896 |
Alliance, OH | Lecture | Lincoln | Tour: 96D |
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Sunday, April 19, 1896 |
Star Theatre New York, NY |
Lecture | Agnostic | Tour: 96D |
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Saturday, April 25, 1896 |
Board of Trade Auditorium Columbus, OH |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | 600 in audience |
Tour: 96E |
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Sunday, April 26, 1896 |
Grand Opera House Cincinnati, OH |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96E |
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Monday, April 27, 1896 |
St. Louis, MO | Lecture | CHECK THIS – geography seems wrong |
Tour: 96E |
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Monday, April 27, 1896 |
Opera House Terre Haute, IN |
Lecture | Holy Bible | Tour: 96E |
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Tuesday, April 28, 1896 |
Tiemann Opera House Belleville, IL |
Lecture | Liberty | Prayer attack by Dr. West |
Tour: 96E |
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Wednesday, April 29, 1896 |
St. Louis, MO | Lecture | Tour: 96E |
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Wednesday, April 29, 1896 |
Terminal Hotel St. Louis, MO |
Correspondence | Letter to Maud | Tour: 96E |
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Thursday, April 30, 1896 |
Grand Opera House Carthage, MO |
Lecture | Liberty | few vacant seats |
Tour: 96E |
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Friday, May 1, 1896 |
Club Theatre Joplin, MO |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96E |
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Saturday, May 2, 1896 |
Coates Opera House Pittsburg, KS |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96E |
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Sunday, May 3, 1896 |
Hotel Stilwell Pittsburg, KS |
Correspondence | Letter to Maud | “we will be together in 9 days” |
Tour: 96E |
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Sunday, May 3, 1896 |
Coates Opera House Kansas City, MO |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96E |
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Monday, May 4, 1896 |
Crawford Theater St. Joseph, MO |
Lecture | Holy Bible | fair sized house |
Tour: 96E |
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Tuesday, May 5, 1896 |
Boyd's Omaha, NE |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96E |
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Wednesday, May 6, 1896 |
Foster's Opera House Des Moines, IA |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | small audience |
Tour: 96E |
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Thursday, May 7, 1896 |
Burtis Opera House Davenport, IA |
Lecture | Agnostic | Tour: 96E |
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Friday, May 8, 1896 |
Auditorium Galesburg, IL |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96E |
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Friday, May 8, 1896 |
Union Hotel Galesburg, IL |
Correspondence | Letter to Maud | “I hope to be with you next Monday” |
Tour: 96E |
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Saturday, May 9, 1896 |
Opera house Macomb, IL |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96E |
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Monday, May 11, 1896 * Date is approximate |
Dubuque, IA | Interview | Dubuque Tribune | Tour: 96E |
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Monday, May 11, 1896 |
Pittsburgh, PA | Lecture | Agnostic | Tour: 96E |
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Wednesday, May 13, 1896 |
Chicago, IL | Interview | Boston Advertiser | en route to New York after his recently completed lecture tour |
Tour: 96E |
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Saturday, May 16, 1896 |
Boston Theater Boston, MA |
Lecture | Liberty | great audience – Why I am an Agnostic? |
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Monday, May 18, 1896 |
69 Wall Street New York, NY |
Trial | Trial | Ingersoll a witness Continental Trust vs. Toledo RR |
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Saturday, May 23, 1896 |
Walnut Street Theatre Philadelphia, PA |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | crowded |
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Thursday, May 28, 1896 |
New York, NY | Correspondence | The Religious Beliefs of Abraham Lincoln | ||
| June, 1896 | Dobbs Ferry, NY | Travel | time at home | ||
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Saturday, July 4, 1896 |
Lake Pleasant, MA | Lecture | Declaration of Independence | about 1000 in audience |
Tour: 96F |
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Sunday, July 12, 1896 |
Canandaigua, NY | Lecture | Liberty | 5000 people in audience |
Tour: 96F |
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Monday, July 13, 1896 |
Wagner Opera House Bradford, PA |
Lecture | Liberty | benefit for Children’s Home of Randolph NY |
Tour: 96F |
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Tuesday, July 14, 1896 2:30 PM |
Auditorium Lily Dale, NY |
Lecture | Liberty | 5000 people |
Tour: 96F |
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Sunday, July 19, 1896 3:30 PM |
Washington Co. Fair Grounds Greenwich, NY |
Lecture | Liberty | over 1300 people |
Tour: 96F |
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Saturday, July 25, 1896 |
New York, NY | Interview | NY Journal | Spiritualism |
Tour: 96F |
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Saturday, July 25, 1896 2:00 PM |
Queen City Park Burlington, VT |
Lecture | Why | 150 in audience |
Tour: 96F |
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Sunday, July 26, 1896 |
Queen City Park Burlington, VT |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | 500 in audience |
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Sunday, August 2, 1896 |
Atlantic City, NJ | Lecture | Tour: 96G |
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Sunday, August 9, 1896 |
Spiritualist Camp Lake Pleasant, MA |
Lecture | Why | Tour: 96G |
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Sunday, August 16, 1896 |
Spiritualist Camp Lake Pleasant, MA |
Lecture | Foundations of Faith | Tour: 96G |
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Sunday, August 23, 1896 |
Spiritualist Camp Lake Pleasant, MA |
Lecture | Agnostic | afternoon lecture |
Tour: 96G |
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Sunday, August 30, 1896 |
Burlington, VT | Lecture | Tour: 96G |
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Thursday, October 8, 1896 |
corner of Sacramento Ave and Lake St Chicago, IL |
Political Speech | Gold | >20,000 attendees |
Tour: 96H |
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Friday, October 9, 1896 |
Desoto House Hotel Galena, IL |
Travel | Tour: 96H |
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Saturday, October 10, 1896 |
Park Avenue Galena, IL |
Political Speech | Gold | 7500-8000 people |
Tour: 96H |
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Sunday, October 11, 1896 |
Great Northern Hotel Chicago, IL |
Correspondence | Letter to children | Tour: 96H |
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Monday, October 12, 1896 |
corner of Halstead and 29th Streets Chicago, IL |
Political Speech | Gold | 14,000 |
Tour: 96H |
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Monday, October 12, 1896 |
Great Northern Hotel Chicago, IL |
Correspondence | Letter to children | Tour: 96H |
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Tuesday, October 13, 1896 |
Galesburg, IL | Political Speech | Gold | dating problem? |
Tour: 96H |
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Thursday, October 15, 1896 2:20 PM |
Bloomington, IL | Political Speech | Gold | 15,000 in audience |
Tour: 96H |
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Friday, October 16, 1896 2:00 PM |
Tabernacle Peoria, IL |
Political Speech | Gold | Tour: 96H |
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Saturday, October 17, 1896 |
Paris, IL | Political Speech | Gold | Tour: 96H |
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Sunday, October 25, 1896 |
Chickering Hall New York, NY |
Lecture | appeared with G.W. Foote & Charles Watt |
Tour: 96H |
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Thursday, October 29, 1896 |
Carnegie Hall New York, NY |
Political Speech | Gold | Tour: 96H |
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Saturday, November 7, 1896 |
Town Hall Worcester, MA |
Lecture | Liberty | Tour: 96I |
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Sunday, November 15, 1896 |
Chicago, IL | Lecture | Individuality | Tour: 96I |
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Monday, November 16, 1896 |
Janesville, WI | Lecture | Holy Bible | suffered a sciatica attack during lecture (Smith has Nov 13) |
Tour: 96I |
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Tuesday, November 17, 1896 |
Madison, WI | Lecture | Foundations of Faith | suffered 2nd attack while in Madison |
Tour: 96I |
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Wednesday, November 18, 1896 |
Beloit, WI | Lecture | Liberty | suffered 3rd attack |
Tour: 96I |
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Thursday, November 19, 1896 |
Freeport, IL | Lecture | Liberty | taken ill after lecture – remainder of tour cancelled |
Tour: 96I |
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Friday, November 20, 1896 |
Great Northern Hotel Chicago, IL |
Travel | Ingersoll taken to hotel to recover |
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Friday, November 20, 1896 |
Elgin, IL | Lecture | Cancelled Foundations of Faith | Cancelled due to health |
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Saturday, November 21, 1896 |
Ann Arbor, MI | Lecture | Cancelled Liberty | Cancelled due to health |
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Sunday, November 22, 1896 |
New York, NY | Travel | returned to NYC from Chicago | ||
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Sunday, November 22, 1896 |
Toledo, OH | Lecture | Cancelled Agnostic | Cancelled due to health |
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Monday, November 23, 1896 |
Delaware, OH | Lecture | Cancelled Shakespeare | Cancelled due to health |
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Tuesday, November 24, 1896 |
Union City, IN | Lecture | Cancelled Liberty | Cancelled due to health |
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Wednesday, November 25, 1896 |
Elwood, IN | Lecture | Cancelled Liberty | Cancelled due to health |
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Thursday, November 26, 1896 |
Anderson, IN | Lecture | Cancelled Foundations of Faith | Cancelled due to health |
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Friday, November 27, 1896 |
Pana, IL | Lecture | Cancelled Liberty | Cancelled due to health |
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Saturday, November 28, 1896 |
Litchfield, IL | Lecture | Cancelled Liberty | Cancelled due to health |
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Sunday, November 29, 1896 |
St. Louis, MO | Lecture | Cancelled Agnostic | Cancelled due to health |
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Monday, November 30, 1896 |
Brazil, IN | Lecture | Cancelled Liberty | Cancelled due to health |