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BARNUM, P.T. Autograph letter signed twice ("P.T. Barnum") TO JAMES A. BAILEY. Bridgeport, October 14, 1880. 4 pages, 4to, small holes from fastening on each upper margin, some browning along folds (mostly on versos).
THE GENESIS OF THE BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS
"OUR AGREEMENT YOU KNOW IS LOCKED UP IN ESCROW IN MY LAWYERS SAFE AND CAN ONLY BE OPENED BY YOU & ME TOGETHER, BUT I HAVE A ROUGH OUTLINE OF IT WHICH I HEREBY COPY FOR YOU. IT MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE ONE WE SIGNED..." BARNUM PROCEEDS TO OUTLINE IN DETAIL THE PROVISIONS OF THEIR AGREEMENT, ALL THE FINANCIAL TERMS, ETC.
"THIS AGREEMENT MADE AT BRIDGEPORT, CONN. THIS 22D DAY OF JULY 1880 BETWEEN P.T. BARNUM...AND JAMES A. BAILEY ...THAT THE SAID BARNUM HEREBY PURCHASES FROM SAID BAILEY ONE UNDIVIDED HALF OF THE LONDON SHOW ...CONSISTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO SAID SHOW, FOR THE SUM OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS $40,000. SAID BAILEY ACKNOWLEDGES THE RECEIPT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5000) ON THIS CONTRACT PAID TO HIM THIS DAY BY THE SAID BARNUM..."
"...EACH PARTY TO SHARE EQUALLY IN PROFITS AND LOSS, AND SO LONG AS SAID SHOW CONTINUES PROFITABLE (UNLESS BOTH PARTIES AGREE TO DISSOLVE) THIS ORGANIZATION SHALL CONTINUE TO EXIST AND EX... ON THE FOREGOING LEASES FOR A TERM OF TWENTY YEARS FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT AND AS MUCH LONGER AS SAID BARNUM OR HIS EXECUTORS MAY AGREE UOPN WITH SAID BAILEY OR HIS AGENTS..." (2)
THE GENESIS OF THE BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS
"OUR AGREEMENT YOU KNOW IS LOCKED UP IN ESCROW IN MY LAWYERS SAFE AND CAN ONLY BE OPENED BY YOU & ME TOGETHER, BUT I HAVE A ROUGH OUTLINE OF IT WHICH I HEREBY COPY FOR YOU. IT MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE ONE WE SIGNED..." BARNUM PROCEEDS TO OUTLINE IN DETAIL THE PROVISIONS OF THEIR AGREEMENT, ALL THE FINANCIAL TERMS, ETC.
"THIS AGREEMENT MADE AT BRIDGEPORT, CONN. THIS 22D DAY OF JULY 1880 BETWEEN P.T. BARNUM...AND JAMES A. BAILEY ...THAT THE SAID BARNUM HEREBY PURCHASES FROM SAID BAILEY ONE UNDIVIDED HALF OF THE LONDON SHOW ...CONSISTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO SAID SHOW, FOR THE SUM OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS $40,000. SAID BAILEY ACKNOWLEDGES THE RECEIPT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5000) ON THIS CONTRACT PAID TO HIM THIS DAY BY THE SAID BARNUM..."
"...EACH PARTY TO SHARE EQUALLY IN PROFITS AND LOSS, AND SO LONG AS SAID SHOW CONTINUES PROFITABLE (UNLESS BOTH PARTIES AGREE TO DISSOLVE) THIS ORGANIZATION SHALL CONTINUE TO EXIST AND EX... ON THE FOREGOING LEASES FOR A TERM OF TWENTY YEARS FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT AND AS MUCH LONGER AS SAID BARNUM OR HIS EXECUTORS MAY AGREE UOPN WITH SAID BAILEY OR HIS AGENTS..." (2)