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Barnum was born in Bethel, Connecticut, the son of innkeeper, tailor and storekeeper Philo Barnum (1778–1826) and Philo's second wife, Irene Taylor. Barnum's maternal grandfather Phineas Taylor was a Whig , legislator, landowner, justice of the peace , and lottery schemer who had a great influence upon him.
P. T. Barnum, pictured in 1885, was Fish's first husband. Fish accompanied Barnum during his European tours and was in constant communication with him through writing. [2] It was rumoured that they were already in a relationship prior to the death of Barnum's first wife Charity on 19 November 1873. [2]
In November 1834, after publishing 160 issues of The Herald of Freedom, Barnum passed control of the paper to his brother-in-law, John W. Amerman, who published the paper for another year in Norwalk, Connecticut. When Amerman sold the paper to Mr. George Taylor, the Barnum family’s connection to the Herald of Freedom ended. [27]
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Barnum met Nutt in 1861 when the boy went to the American Museum in New York City. In his autobiography, Barnum wrote that Nutt was "a most remarkable dwarf, who was a sharp, intelligent little fellow, with a deal of drollery and wit. He had a splendid head, was perfectly formed, and was very attractive, and, in short, for a 'showman' was a ...
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Barnum is an American musical with a book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman.It is based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum, covering the period from 1835 through 1880 in America and major cities of the world where Barnum took his performing companies.