A ca. 1925 letter from the stage act Tolliver & Harris regarding a scheduling problem attributed to legendary blues singer Bessie Smith.

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Jac[[object Object]]

Ju[[object Object]]

Mr Douglas

Mgr [[object Object]] Douglas Theatre

Macon Ga. [[object Object]]

Dear Sir.

We want to inform you why we are not playing your house this week with the Bessie Smith unit. Last tuesday she aggreed [[object Object]] to pay our Railroad fare there but at the last minute she refused to do so rather than pay it from the [[object Object]] small salary we were geting [[object Object]] we closed. Now we dont know what she may tell you so we want to be square and that is why we are writeing[[object Object]] you. We will no dout [[object Object]] pick up your house next week as Mr Revene picks us up at once. As for the reports on the act you may ask Radcliff or Allen & Stokes we have two a no. [[object Object]] 1. acts. Hopeing [[object Object]] to play you in the near future

We beg to remain

Yours truly

[[object Object]] Tolliver & Harris

Citation Information
Tolliver & Harris, “Letter: to Charles Henry Douglass, Jr., Macon, Georgia, possibly 1925,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/0ae406469f1ac62d31d6c5f86b0ab197.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Middle Georgia Archives via Digital Library of Georgia.

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