Letter: ASPCA Correspondence to Samuel Hurd from Henry Bergh, July 8, 1874
July 8 1874 (Date manufactured/created)
Paper Documentary Artifact
Letter to Samuel Hurd from Henry Bergh on ASPCA letterhead dated July 8, 1874. The letter regards a complaint sent to the ASPCA about Barnum's Roman Hippodrome and asks that steps be taken to prevent further accidents.
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.
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
2003.009.012 B