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Excerpt from: P.T. Barnum to Moses Kimball, Letter 8, January 30, 1845 Since New Year's (the new Tom Thumb administration) my profits have averaged $800 per week and I think if the general lives I may safely count on clearing $25,000 per annum. You may well say it is a "fairy business". The Stratton's are crazy -- absolutely deranged with such golden success. At first they were inclined to take airs, carry high heads, and talk about what we were doing but when Mrs. Stratton began to be too inquisitive about the business and to say that she thought expenses were too high and that I spent too much for printing etc. I told them both very decidedly that I was the manager... |  Read Full Text |
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| Title: | P.T. Barnum to Moses Kimball, Letter 8, January 30, 1845 | |
| From: | P.T. Barnum Letters To Moses Kimball | |
| Creator: | Phineas T. Barnum (author) | |
| Date: | January 30, 1845 | |
| Format: | Correspondence | |
| Source: | Boston Athenaeum | |
| Keywords: | Advertising; Boston, MA; Charles Stratton, Tom Thumb; Communication; Correspondence; Economics; Educational Institutions; England; Entertainment; Entertainment, Leisure & Recreation; Family; Labor; Massachusetts; Media; Moses Kimball; Museums; Native American; New York; New York City, NY; Phineas T. Barnum; Physical Disability; Popular Culture; Short Stature; Travel | |
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