Autograph letter signed : [London], to P.T. Barnum, [18]74 Mar. 13.

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Autograph letter signed : [London], to P.T. Barnum, [18]74 Mar. 13.

Concerning Reid's writing a spectacle for Barnum, based on Livingston[e] in Africa.

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

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Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883

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