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Phineas Taylor Barnum
Architecture and Politics
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"I was informed that the Wide-Awakes were to parade that evening and intended to march out to Lindencroft. So I ordered two boxes of sperm candles, and prepared for a general illumination of every window in front of my house." After joining the Republican party in 1860, Barnum actively campaigned and supported their causes. Including this march to his home by a radical Republican group. (1996.14.2)
| Posted on August 25, 2010 |