BARNUM P T Autograph Letter Signed

Sale 1985 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 632

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

BARNUM, P. T. Autograph Letter Signed, to Professor Ward, informing him of the death of a bear and hyena at winter quarters and sending them to him by freight intended for the museum at Tufts for sale or to be mounted or skeletonized, with a postscript referring to Jumbo. 1 page, single 8vo sheet, business stationery; mat burn at edges, remnants of tape at edges on verso with resulting minor staining at edges recto, usual folds. Bridgeport, 14 January 1883

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"Our folks at Winter Quarters lost a bear & I think a hyena this week. I told them to send them to you by freight train. Please tell Prof. Marth [?] of Tufts about them & ask what you shall do, as I present them to their museum either to sell to you or have you mount or skeletonize them if they desire at their expense . . . Let my partners do the Jumbo business with you. Hope your little girl enjoys her dog."