From the end of the 1800s through the early 1900s, most theatre and opera house managers in the United States and Canada had to book their entertainment through Syndicates which controlled the touring schedules of most traveling shows and entertainers. One of the most prominent Syndicates was run by Marc Klaw and Abraham Lincoln Erlanger. This lot is a letter written from E. R. Smith, manager of the Post Theatre in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Klaw and Erlanger requesting two passes for a performance of the Ben-Hur stage production in Chicago. The handwritten letter is signed by Smith.

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