Phineas Taylor Barnum
Published: 1854
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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.