Flamboyant showman whose exotic exhibits included midget Tom Thumb, Swedish Nightingale Jenny Lind, and the counterfeit Feejee Mermaid. ALS, one lightly-lined page, 5 x 8, November 5, 1876. Letter to a friend asking an opinion on a minister. In full, “Confidentially, How is Rev. Johnson who preached at Ohio at the same time you did & afterwards in Baltimore. He says when you were younger you & he were shams. Is he what we want here?.” In very good condition, with tape repairs to folds on reverse, light toning and soiling and mounting remnants to reverse. R&R COA.
