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Often there is no substitute for seeing an actual museum artifact from the past instead of its digital surrogate, especially if that artifact is a large-scale one. 

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As we are now within the last fifty pages of Barnum’s letters in the copybook, (not counting several of Barnum’s letters to the Atlas newspaper), I am on the lookout for information that brings us closer to conclusions on the storylines that have taken shape over the past sixteen months of blog posts.

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February of 1846 was a busy month indeed for the Gen. Tom Thumb tour in Scotland, so there has been a lot to report on! 

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It’s a thrill when a little historical detective work pays off, and this week I’ve had the good fortune to find the identity of the “Mr. Miller” with whom P. T. Barnum corresponded in the winter of 1846.  And—like magic (+ research)—this opened the door to another storyline: Barnum’s connections with illusionists!