Letters received, 1840-1878.

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Letters received, 1840-1878.

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The collection is in two parts. The first part of the collection consists of 67 letters received between 1843 and 1851 from P.T. Barnum, which discuss the various performers and acts the two showmen shared. The letters are particularly illustrative of Barnum's flamboyant character while detailing the nuts-and-bolts workings of mid 19th century popular theater. The second part of the collection consists of 131 letters received by Kimballl from others, mostly theatrical, personalities, including Junius Brutus Booth, Edward L. Davenport and George Vandenhoff. The collection also includes a letter from Lydia Maria Child (1848) and papers concerning an 1852 stage version of "Uncle Tom's cabin." Some letters in the collection were addressed to Kimball's managers Angier, Field & Smith, though this does not indicate that these represent the complete correspondence file of the Boston Museum.

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Boston Athenaeum

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