Date: 8/17/22

BECOMING BARNUM: The Journey to Fame and Fortune

 A New Play for the General - Episode 6

P. T. Barnum’s famous protegee Charles Stratton, known to the world as Gen. Tom Thumb, was quite a young child when he was first introduced to European audiences in the mid-1840s.  Though he was 5, 6, and 7 over the three-year tour, Barnum billed him as five or six years older to make his diminutive stature seem all the more impressive. 

Learn more about PT Barnum’s Letter Copy Book here: 

https://tinyurl.com/BarnumArchive

https://tinyurl.com/barnumletters

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• A New Play for the General

https://barnum-museum.org/a-new-play-for-the-general/

• Arranging All the Affairs

https://barnum-museum.org/arranging-all-the-affairs/

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