Phineas Taylor (P.T.) BARNUM
1888 - No Longer a Showman. Barnum Turns Over His Interests and Retires to Private Life.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 27. - P. T. Barnum, the showman, is a thing of the past. He has settled up his business, and announced that he had turned his whole circus over to Mr. Bailey, who will own and conduct it, and that he himself has forever retired. Advancing years and a desire to enjoy his old age in quiet are the causes which led Mr. Barnum to close out. Mrs. Barnum is getting infirm. He shows his years, and he repeatedly announced that the cozy little brick cottage in which he intends to pass the evening of his life had been built expressly for his young wife. The deeds are in her name. Mr. Barnum has made his will, which is understood to be a "cast-iron will." Besides the usual witnesses Mr. Barnum has secured the signatures of two leading physicians the he is in his right mind. He is estimated to be worth $10,000,000.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana
November 27, 1888
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Chicago Tribune September 29, 1872
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1873 Daily Graphic, New York
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1873 Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania P.T. Barnum's Great Travelling Museum Menage
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Great Roman Hippodrome Ad, 1875
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1876 Harper's Weekly Ad P.T. Barnum's New and Greatest Show on Earth
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Barnum Institute of Science and History "Barnum loved nothing more than joining entertainment and
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Fountain Place The P.T. Barnum Fountain, topped by an 18-foot figure of a triton blowing a conch
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P. T. Barnum Monument, Seaside Park
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P. T. Barnum Monument, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Connecticut
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