Diary, 1832-1908.

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Diary, 1832-1908.

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Apparently written much after the fact, this diary describes cargo and passengers on voyage, Price's employment as varnisher, polisher and cabinetmaker in New York; references to the coming of the telegraph to New York, Phineas Barnum, mesmerism, and racial segregation. Two letters from a friend in Buffalo, New York are included. Price's residences are given up into 1908, the last one included in the diary.

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Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891

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Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017) with James Anthony Bailey. He was also an author, publisher and philanthropist. Barnum became a small-business owner in his early twenties and founded a weekly newspaper before moving to New York City in 1834. He embarked on an entertainment career, first with a variety troupe called "Barnum's Grand Scientific and Musical The...

Price, Henry Edward 1824-1908

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Crick, Bernard R.

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