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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270616626

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

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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