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The Life and Business of:

Josh Steel Clay McMellon. The Life and Business of:. P.T. Barnum. Birth & Death. On the 5th of July 1810, Phineas Taylor, later to be known as P.T., was born in Bethel, Connecticut

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  1. Josh Steel Clay McMellon The Life and Business of: P.T. Barnum

  2. Birth & Death • On the 5th of July 1810, Phineas Taylor, later to be known as P.T., was born in Bethel, Connecticut • April 7th the long sickness of P. T. Barnum came to an end by his quietly passing away at Marina, his residence in this city.

  3. Childhood • Barnum found farm life-style was not favorable to him. • He found invention in traditional work • By the age of twelve owned a sheep and a calf, sold cherry-rum to soldiers, and was hired to help herd a cattle drive to Brooklyn, New York.

  4. Education • The life of the Barnum family was humble. • Despite lean family resources, P.T. Barnum began school by the age of six. • As he progressed in years, he exhibited great aptitude for mathematics, and used "head-work" as his method for escaping egregious farming chores.

  5. Professional Life • paid $1,000 slave named JoiceHeth, who was 161 years old and a former nurse for George Washington. • Barnum bought Scudder's American Museum in lower Manhattan • Barnum made "the Swedish Nightingale" an offer of $1,000 per performance for 150 shows in the United States and Canada, a tour which earned him a profit of more than $500,000

  6. Businesses • He went bankrupt after attempting to lure the doomed Jerome Clock Company to Bridgeport. • Served two terms in the Connecticut Legislature and one term as mayor of Bridgeport.

  7. Interesting facts • his grandfather deeded him a parcel of land known as lvy Island. • When he was 10 years old, he went to visit his estate and discovered it to be “a worthless piece of barren land.” • When he heard Scudder’s American Museum was for sale, Barnum determined to buy it. He mortgaged himself to the building’s owner, proposing for collateral good references, a determination to succeed, and a “valuable and sentimental” piece of property known as Ivy Island.

  8. Quotes • Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung. • Money is some respects life’s fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. • Nine out of ten of the rich men of our country today, started out in life as poor boys, with determined wills, industry, perseverance, economy and good habits.

  9. Resources • http://www.biography.com/people/pt-barnum-9199751 • http://www.barnum-museum.org/manmythlegend.htm • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/tampa_200502A42.html

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