Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: "Fancy" and "The Charge of the Iron Brigade"
This page in the daybook includes poems and songs.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Article about "An Elephant Tamer"
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Birthdays
This daybook page has a list of people and their birthday.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Daily Locations of the Van Amburgh Circus
This portion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas's daybook documents the distance traveled daily and the locations of the Van Amburgh Circus in May, June, July, and August of 1860.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
Robert E. Smith
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Miscellaneous notes and Daily Locations of the Van Amburgh Circus
This portion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas's Daybook contains miscellaneous notes and the distance traveled daily as well as the locations of the Van Amburgh Circus in 1860.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Newspaper Cutouts
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.
"Circuses" is a write up about the different circuses and small details about what they were up to. The date shown at the top is January 31, 1863 and Frank Thomas is mentioned as being an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus.
Below that article is a cut out of a song or poem named "Hymn of the Negro Worshipers."
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
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Daybook of Benjamin Franklin Thomas: Accounting Pages
These pages appear to be a record of accounting for Benjamin Franklin Thomas. They also include miscellaneous items. In this photo, an account of money spent on miscellaneous items can be seen. For example, one can see that Benjamin Franklin Thomas bought a tobacco plug for $.68. The top half of the page seen on the left shows a record, one can assume, of how much money was spent per day, beginning on June 8.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
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Daybook of Benjamin Franklin Thomas: Accounting Pages
These pages include information on the money Benjamin Franklin Thomas spent. There is also an illegible newspaper article that he pasted on the right page.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his day book regularly when he travelled. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
Robert E. Smith
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Daybook of Benjamin Franklin Thomas: Accounting Pages and Poem
This page appears to include information on the money Benjamin Franklin Thomas spent. It also contains lyrics derived from "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs" by Robert Burns.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.
Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
1862 circa
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