Pair of P. T. Barnum autograph letters, signed, relating to the animals in his show being live, not stuffed, with the exception of Jumbo.

by P. T. Barnum

$2,750 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Signed

London, ca. 1887 . Autograph note, initialed, and autograph letter, signed, both in ink, one on bifolium leaf of “Hotel Victoria” in London, 8” x 5”, the other on letterhead of “P. T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth. ‘Olympia,” 8” x 5”, with original envelope of “P. T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth” addressed in ink to “Editor New York Herald : 110 Strand W.C.”

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