Barnum, P.T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 to A. E. Barr & Co.

GLC02925.02

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GLC#
GLC02925.02-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
2 March 1888
Author/Creator
Barnum, P.T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
Title
to A. E. Barr & Co.
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The Gilded Age

Begins by asking Burr to consider this letter private and confidential. Discusses the possible mistaken publication of his letter in the Times. Informs he received a request from a reporter from the Hartford Times and might have answered incorrectly. "I answered as I supposed correctly - but upon consulting with my partner & manager this A.M. I find I was 'all at Sea' on the subject. I telegraphed you just now, & hope I thus prevented publication of my letter ... " Includes a postscript enclosing tickets to his show in case Burr comes to New York. Calls the show, "by far the finest and best show I ever had ... " Written on stationery from the Murray Hill Hotel, New York.

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