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3 unusual facts about John Bill Ricketts


Jane McCrea

In Philadelphia in 1799 Ricketts' Circus performed "The Death of Miss McCrea", a pantomime co-written by John Durang.

John Durang

He was a part of a group called Ricketts's Circus, which traveled throughout the northeastern United States and into Canada.

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

The city's Guardians of the Poor moved victims into Ricketts' Circus, an open-air arena on 12th Street, then far from the infected areas of the city.



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