BECOMING BARNUM: The Journey to Fame and Fortune

Read & Reflect, Then Do as You Please - Episode 12

Over the past few months of reading Barnum’s letters in his 1845-1846 copybook, I have been surprised to find relatively few to Charity, his wife. Though it is clear that Barnum missed his wife and daughters very much while he was in France, correspondence thus far suggests a marital relationship that was often out of sync, compounded by Charity’s chronic health problems.

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• Read & Reflect, Then Do as You Please

https://barnum-museum.org/read-and-reflect/

• News in a Postscript: “My Present Ideas”

https://barnum-museum.org/news-in-a-postscript/

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