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JAMES MELVILLE'S AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS
JAMES MELVILLE'S AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS. The Sydney rider, James Melville, toured his circus throughout the mid-west at the height of the CIVIL WAR, moving along the MISSISSIPPI RIVER in a stern-wheel steamboat, landing and giving performances to Union soldiers one day and Confederates the next. (1) It came to Dubuque in May, 1864. (2)
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Source:
1. Circus in Australia: Index of Show Movements, 1833-1969, Online: http://www.pennygaff.com.au/shows.html
2. "Circuses," Dubuque Herald, May 22, 1864, p. 4