Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1778.05.18

NYM(G.778.033
18 May 1778:33 (1386)
The managers and gentlemen of the Theatre, from a sense of
the distress of those poor persons, who did not fall within
their original design, purpose to give a play for that
purpose; and accordingly, on Wednesday evening will be
presented, 
The Recruiting Officer. 
With a farce, called 
The Miller of Mansfield. 
Tickets to be had at the usual places.