Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Joshua Silsbee” in chapter 2.12, page 227 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I:
...l Woodworth, was placed on the stage in 1825 that a Yankee character was developed which permanently held the boards.
The part of Jonathan Plowboy was played afterward by Henry Placide, G. H. Hill, Joshua Silsbee , and others.
In the preface to the play it is stated that Silsbee played Jonathan for
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