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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02925.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Album of letters to Alfred Burr and Henry Deming |
| Title | P.T. Barnum to A. E. Burr & Co. about a mistaken publication of his letter in the Times |
| Date | 2 March 1888 |
| Author | Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor) (1810-1891) |
| Recipient | Burr, Alfred Edmund |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Circus Journalism |
| People | Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor) (1810-1891) Burr, Alfred Edmund (1815-1900) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Barnum was an American showman best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Burr published the Hartford Times and was a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut in 1864. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |