P. T. Barnum letters, 1854-1888.

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P. T. Barnum letters, 1854-1888.

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Letters, autographs, tickets, and a portrait of Barnum. Topics of Barnum's letters include plans for a new museum to replace the one destroyed in 1865, the success and expense of his Hippodrome, and the choice of a name for his cottage by the sea in Bridgeport, Conn. Letters are mainly to Bayard Taylor; other correspondents include H.B. Bult, Walde, and Col. J. Bartram. Tickets include four "editor's tickets" to the Barnum American Museum, with a promotional offer to newspaper editors on the verso.

21 items : ill. ; 29 cm. or smaller.

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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...

Walde.

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Bult, H. B.

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Taylor, Bayard

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Bartram, J., Col.

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