John Botts
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John Minor Botts was a nineteenth-century politician, planter and lawyer from Virginia. He was a prominent Unionist in Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
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Botts House
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Richmond Theatre fire
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The Richmond Theatre fire occurred in Richmond, Virginia, United States, on Thursday, December 26, 1811. It devastated the Richmond Theatre, located on the north side of Broad Street between what is n
John Botts
…War. Botts was born in Dumfries, Virginia, to prominent lawyer Benjamin Gaines Botts and his wife Jane Tyler Botts. Both of his parents died in the Richmond Theatre fire on December 26, 1811, so John and his siblings were raised by relatives in Fredericksburg. Botts attended the common schools in Richmond, Virginia…
Richmond, Virginia, theatre fire of 1811
Gilbert Hunt, who helped save numerous lives on the night of the fire, became the subject of a biography published to provide an income for him during his old age
Monumental Church was built on the site of the destroyed theatre to commemorate the victims of the fire
New Richmond Theatre, as photographed in 1858