Broadside songsheet Buchanan\'s Cabinet Capt Dan Rice 1857 Inauguratlon Peckham For Sale

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Broadside songsheet Buchanan\'s Cabinet Capt Dan Rice 1857 Inauguratlon Peckham:
$67.50

Broadside songsheet, Buchanan\'s Cabinet, published by Joshua Peckham, dealer in watches, jewelry and clocks, 1857, small portion lissming at UR corner, 2 slight nicks or bends upper edge, very slight bend lower right corner. Otherwise, quite fine.

Dan Rice, born in New York City—died Feb. 22, 1900,Long Branch, N.J., U.S.), Americanclownwho was one of the most highly acclaimed clowns in the history of thecircus. Rice was renowned for an act that included singing, dancing,wittybadinage with the audience, feats of strength, trick riding, and exhibitions of trained wild animals.

He was a jockey as a boy and started his circus career at 17, when he bought a half interest in a trained pig. Next he was a strong man, and in 1844 he made his debut as a clown. A star of the one-ring circus, Rice achieved national prominence as an equestrian jester. By the 1860s he was at the height of his career, commanding the then-phenomenal salary of $1,000 a week. He toured the United Stateswith his own one-horse show and with other circuses andDd was recognized everywhere by the Uncle Sambeard that was his trademark. President Zachary Taylormade Rice an honorary colonel; in 1868 he put himself forward for the Republicannominationfor the presidency. An alcoholic, Rice began walking out on contracts, and in 1885 he made his last tour.

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