• Letter: To P.T. Barnum from O.W. Holmes, December 15, 1853
Letter: To P.T. Barnum from O.W. Holmes, December 15, 1853
Letter: To P.T. Barnum from O.W. Holmes, December 15, 1853
Letter: To P.T. Barnum from O.W. Holmes, December 15, 1853

Letter: To P.T. Barnum from O.W. Holmes, December 15, 1853


Discovery Museum and Planetarium (associated with)
P. T. Barnum (associated with)
December 15 1853 (Date manufactured/created)
Paper Documentary Artifact
Letter to P.T. Barnum from O. W. Holmes, declining to a visit Iranistan, dated December 15, 1853.

P.T. Barnum wrote a large number of letters in his time, and as a public figure, recieved many in return.  These manuscripts offer insight into his personal life via correspondence with friends and family, his business interests including the American Museum and the circus, and his personality.  The various correspondents demonstrate how vast his social circle was, and the space he occupied as a public figure during his own lifetime.  
A Gift of the Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
2003.009.040