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Pointe-a-Pic, P.Q., Canada,
July 15, 1919. My dear Gus, I enclose herewith a copy of a confidential letter of Kenyon, which shows his attitude, his cheap position, and yet his four require- ments I think I have supplied in my list of reservations. Affectionately yours, WmH Taft Mr. Gus J. Karger, The Post Building, Washington, D.C. Enclosure.
"Skinner" may be Charles A. Skinner: Universalist minister, and a friend of Barnum's. I don't understand the "American Museum" reference. Barnum's first American Museum burnt down in 1865. His second burnt down in 1868, two years before this letter. The American Museum of Natural History was founded around this time, but I don't think there's a connection. I managed to find a letter sold in 2015, which looks like a precursor to this one. The other letter appears to read:
Dear Skinner Above you have my note for $1000 for CT ... fund. When the proper time comes to gather in the shares I will send note or cash for my subscription towards CT quota of Centenary Fund. I will pay above interest annually & can very likely pay the principal in course of a year. Please send receipt of above as applying towards my subscription. Truly P.T. Barnum Feb 11 1870 My letter may be the follow-up, accompanying Barnum's principal payment to the fund. While I can't easily find a record of Barnum's donations for the year, I was able to find a record of interest payments to the Universalist General Convention (published 1871 in Minutes of the Universalist Convention) that may be connected. Phineas Taylor "P.T." Barnum was an American politician and businessman, today best known for his legacy as a showman, and as founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus - coining the term "The Greatest Show on Earth." He's often associated with hucksters and hoaxes, having promoted things like the "Fiji mermaid," and sideshows featuring famous performers like Chang and Eng (a/k/a the Siamese Twins), and Charles Stratton (a/k/a General Tom Thumb). P.T. Barnum suffered a stroke in 1890 during a circus performance, passing away in Bridgeport, CT on April 7, 1891.
FDR was inaugurated in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression. He implemented a number of innovative policies, collectively known as "The New Deal," which helped shepherd the nation through the Depression. The later years of his presidency saw the nation drawn into World War II. FDR died of a cerebral hemorrhage in on April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia, less than a month before the war in Europe ended.
James Monroe (1758-1831) was a Founding Father of the United State of America who served as Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation (1783-1786), Senator (1790-1794), U.S. Minister to France (1794-1796), Governor of Virgina (1799-1802, 1811-1811), U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1803-1808), Secretary of State (1811-1817), Secretary of War (1814-1815) and 5th President of the United States (1817-1825). He was the final Founding Father of the United States to serve as President, as well as the final President who was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Monroe is best remembered for the purchase of Florida from Spain and for the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that efforts by European nations to colonize land in the New World or interfere with states in North or South American would be considered acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention. James Monroe passed away on July 4, 1831 from tuberculosis and heart failure. He was the third President to die on Independence Day.
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