P.T. BARNUM - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/31/1884 - HFSID 254622
Price: $3,000.00
P.T. BARNUM
Mentioning Madison Square Garden and his White Elephant Jumbo.
ALS: "P.T. Barnum", 1p, 4¼x6¾.
Waldemere, Bridgeport, Ct., 1884 January 31. On his
embossed monogrammed stationery. To Halden. In full: "Thanks for your
letter & the articles you name. My managers (sic) office is at Madison
Square Garden, Entrance 27th St. They expect photos of our
Secured White Elephant daily. I hope you will call on them and get
acquainted so as to see our big show when it opens there." Three years
before he wrote this letter, Barnum combined his circus with James A. Bailey to
form Barnum and Bailey Circus. In 1882, he purchased Jumbo, the world's
largest elephant, from the Royal Zoological Gardens of London. A year after this
letter was written, on September 15, 1885, Jumbo was killed crossing railroad
tracks in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Browned along blank top edge. 1-inch
separation at mid-horizontal fold at right edge, touching one word. Mounting
remnants on verso of blank integral address leaf. Overall, fine
condition.
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