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Title
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Robert E. Smith
Description
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This collection contains the day book of Benjamin Franklin Thomas along with other items pertaining to his life. Thomas was an elephant tamer with the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century.
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas
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Robert Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
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book
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Daybook of Benjamin Franklin Thomas: Accounting Pages
Description
An account of the resource
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.
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas
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image
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Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
Date
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1862 circa
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document
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English
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas
daybook
Lincoln History Harvest 2014
Van Amburgh Circus
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Robert E. Smith
Description
An account of the resource
This collection contains the day book of Benjamin Franklin Thomas along with other items pertaining to his life. Thomas was an elephant tamer with the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century.
Creator
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Source
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Robert Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Page on Right:
[illegible]
April 12, 1860.
April 12. [Thursday] Yonkers - 15 miles - N.Y.
13. [Friday] White Plains (NY) - 16 miles
14. [Saturday] Bedford (NY) - 16 miles
15. Sunday - "
16. [Monday] Brewster Station (NY) - 18 miles
17. [Tuesday] Danbury - 10 miles - Conn.
18. [Wednesday] Norwalk (CT) - 22 miles
19. [Thursday] Hampford (CT) - 10 miles
20. [Friday] Bridgeport (CT) - 25 miles
21. [Saturday] Birmingham (CT) - 12 miles
22. Sunday - "
23. [Monday] New Haven (CT) - 18 miles
24. [Tuesday] " - "
25. [Wednesday] Wallingford (CT) - 14 miles
26. [Thursday] Middletown (CT) - 12 miles
27. [Friday] Heartford [Hartford] (CT) - 14 1/2 miles
28. [Saturday] " - "
29. Sunday - "
30. [Monday] Tolland (CT) - 22 miles
May 1. [Tuesday] Willmatic [Willimantic] (CT) - 15 miles
2. [Wednesday] Norwich (CT) - 16 miles
3. [Thursday] New London (CT) - 15 miles
4. [Friday] Stonington (CT) - 14 miles
5. [Saturday] Westerly (CT) - 5 miles
6. Sunday - "
7. [Monday] Brand's Iron Works [Wyoming, RI] - 20 miles - R. Island
8. [Tuesday] East Greenwich (RI) - 20 miles
9. [Wednesday] Providence (RI) - 13 miles
10. [Thursday] " - "
11. [Friday] Pawtucket (RI) - 4 miles
12. [Saturday] Taunton - 17 miles - Mass.
13. Sunday - "
14. [Monday] Bristol (RI) - 24 miles - R.I.
15. [Tuesday] Fall River (MA) - 15 miles - Mass.
16. [Wednesday] Newport (RI) - 18 miles - R.I.
17. [Thursday] New Bedford (MA) - 32 miles - Mass.
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Daily Locations of the Van Amburgh Circus
Description
An account of the resource
This portion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas's Daybook documents the distance traveled daily and the locations of the Van Amburgh Circus in April and May 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. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.
Creator
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Type
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image
Source
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Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
Date
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1862 circa
Format
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document
Coverage
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United States
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Book
Robert E. Smith Collection
Van Amburgh Circus