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and a visit by Tom Thumb:
General Tom Thumb: The American man in miniature. Under the Patronage of Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Nobility generally and visited in London by 300,000 persons in 4 months! This extraordinary little gentleman is 13 years old, 25 inches high, smaller than any infant that ever walked alone, and weighs only fifteen pounds !
Thre Nobility, Gentry and public are respectfully informed that the little General will hold his Public Levees at the Apollonian Hall, Dover, on Tues and Wed next March 11 and 12th positively for Two days only !
The General will give a variety of Songs, Dances &c. He will give an imitation of Napoleon in full military costume, and the Grecian Statues; the little General will likewise appear in the magnificent Court Dress, which he had the honour of wearing three times before her Majesty sand before the Queen Dowager; also in his new Highland Dress, made and presented by Messrs Brodie McLeod & Co., Glasgow.
The magnificent presents given him by Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, the Duke of Devonshire &c will be exhibited.
The General's new and elegant Carriage, drawn by two of the Smallest Ponies in the World, with Coachman and Footman in Splendid Liveries, will arrive early on Tuesday.
Hours of Exhibition 11 to 1, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9. Doors open half an hour previous. Admission (regardless of age - one shilling each) (Dover Telegraph 3 Aug 1845 front page)
