Documents and Records - Barnum Museum

The Documents sub-collection includes various financial and legal documents like bank checks, banknotes, receipts, bill of sale, a deed, and contracts. It also includes a petition, an award, a marriage certificate and marriage notice, and a phrenology chart. Most of the items pertain to P. T. Barnum and his family, while a few relate to Charles S. Stratton (General Tom Thumb), his wife M. Lavinia Warren, and others.