Identity area
Reference code
SEC/7/2/7
Title
Barnum, Phineas Taylor
Date(s)
- 1867-1886 (Creation)
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4 letters
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(1826-)
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Scope and content
Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum
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Open
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- Barnum, Phineas Taylor (Subject)
- Sclater, Philip Lutley (Subject)
- Alice the Elephant (Subject)
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Archivist's note
Used to be GB 0814 BADC