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Handbill for an appearance of Joice Heth in New Milford. The handbill features an illustration of an elderly African American woman wearing a bonnet and featuring her long fingernails. Around her is her name. Above her she is called "the greatest natural and national curiosity in the world" and her age is given below as 161 years old. The back is blank. Joice Heth was an African American woman who various showmen claimed to be the nurse of George Washington, and who was exhibited as such. Barnum took over her management in 1835, and they toured for seven months. When Heth died on 19 February, 1836, Barnum arranged for a public autopsy to be performed by David L. Rogers. Admission was charged. The display of Joice Heth was something P.T. Barnum expressed regret for doing later in his life, which compliments his changing views on African Americans and advocating for the 13th amendment Measures 9.9 in. by 5.25 inches. Printed by J. Booth and Son, 147 Fulton St., New York, 1835
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