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P. T. Barnum

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P. T. Barnum

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Auction Date:2014 Jan 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Three items: ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5.75 x 9, personal letterhead, February 11, 1887. Letter to John H. Perry. In part: “I know and realize every word you say about ‘Law and Order Leagues.’ I am too old to do much except to lend my name, & contribute my annual dues—if such a League is formed here of the right sort of me, it ought to be done & can be done.” Also includes a colorfully illustrated Barnum & Bailey business check signed by C. R. Hutchinson, 8.5 x 3.25, payable to J. E. Osborne & Co. for $347.71, stamp-dated December 10, 1918; and a transaction land transaction deed between Barnum and John Loverty for the sale of a tract of land in Bridgeport, May 20, 1852, signed by some witnesses and representatives but not Barnum. In overall fine condition.