BARNUM, Phineas Taylor. Autograph Letter Signed, to Bertrand Smith. Bridgeport, CT: Jan. 31, 1888. On a sheet of engraved Barnum & London Shows letterhead (11 ½ x 9”), enhanced in gilt, to Smith, a student at Ashville College (Harrowgate, Yorkshire, England), warmly remembering Smith as a young boy, “anxious to go with me and see ‘The Greatest Show on Earth,’ even before I had given it that fancy title.” Contemplatively, Barnum writes that now he is “so old and overworked that the doctors advised me not to write nor think to [sic] much…” and remarks that he “can hardly realize that you are a student in college!” But so the world rushes on…” Signed, “Your ancient friend/Phineas T Barnum.” With original mailing cover, which signed “P.T. Barnum” for the return recipient. Barnum rarely signed with his full first name.
BARNUM, Phineas Taylor. Autograph Letter Signed, to Bertrand Smith. Bridgeport, CT: Jan. 31, 1888. On a sheet of engraved Barnum & London Shows letterhead (11 ½ x 9”), enhanced in gilt, to Smith, a student at Ashville College (Harrowgate, Yorkshire, England), warmly remembering Smith as a young boy, “anxious to go with me and see ‘The Greatest Show on Earth,’ even before I had given it that fancy title.” Contemplatively, Barnum writes that now he is “so old and overworked that the doctors advised me not to write nor think to [sic] much…” and remarks that he “can hardly realize that you are a student in college!” But so the world rushes on…” Signed, “Your ancient friend/Phineas T Barnum.” With original mailing cover, which signed “P.T. Barnum” for the return recipient. Barnum rarely signed with his full first name.
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