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Richard Potter (b.1783-d.1835) is credited as the first successful stage magician born in the United States and as the first black magician.

Biography

Reportedly, Potter was the son of an English baronet, Charles Henry Frankland, and an African American woman (some say "slave"). Frankland, however, died years before Potter was born. Church records from Hopkinton, MA, list his father as George Simpson. His mother's name was Dinah, who was a slave on the Frankland estate. Potter went to England around 1798. There is no record of his actual education. He returned to the United States around 1801, probably with John Rannie, a professional magician whom he started out working for as an assistant in 1802.

One of the earliest records of Potter advertising a show was in Boston, November 2nd, 1811 at the Columbian Museum. He advertised his show as, "An Evening's Brush to Sweep Away Care, or a Medley to Please."

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-[[Diagonal Palm Shift]]
-[[Image:Dps01.gif|left]] The primary source for the [[Diagonal Palm Shift]] (DPS) is, of course, The [[Expert at the Card Table]] by [[Erdnase | S. W. Erdnase]].  It is believed that the author of this seminal work invented the Diagonal Palm Shift.  Unfortunately, existing descriptions of the DPS (including this one, without a doubt) suffer from the fact that the move requires somewhat of a “knack.”  To build a comprehensive picture, the serious student is encouraged to study [[Revelations]] and to consult [[Darwin Ortiz]]’ annotations on the move as well as the advice of both [[Roger Klause]] and [[Pat Cook]] (found in [[The Annotated Erdnase]]).  The present description will incorporate a number of the elements from these previous authors.  In [[Erdnase]], all of the DPS illustrations were drawn from the exposed right side.  Here, the cozier position of both hands eliminates the weakness from the right and reduces the bad angles from the left at the same time. ([[Diagonal Palm Shift|More...]])
+[[File: RichardPotter.png|right|thumb|200px|[[ Richard Potter]]]]
+'''Richard Potter''' (b.1783-d.1835) is credited as the first successful stage magician born in the United States and as the first black magician.
+== Biography ==
+Reportedly, Potter was the son of an English baronet, Charles Henry Frankland, and an African American woman (some say "slave"). Frankland, however, died years before Potter was born.  Church records from Hopkinton, MA, list his father as George Simpson.  His mother's name was Dinah, who was a slave on the Frankland estate.  Potter went to England around 1798.  There is no record of his actual education.  He returned to the United States around 1801, probably with [[John Rannie]], a professional magician whom he started out working for as an assistant in 1802.
+One of the earliest records of Potter advertising a show was in Boston, November 2nd, 1811 at the Columbian Museum.  He advertised his show as, "An Evening's Brush to Sweep Away Care, or a Medley to Please."
+[[Richard Potter|Read more about Richard Potter…]]

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