General Tom Thumb

(1838-1883)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883 LBT ID: ThThumb1883 VIAF ID: 65366098 LOC ID: n82208067	B/BAP: 1838-01-04 DIED: 1883-07-15
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American dwarf who toured with P. T. Barnum from 1856; he performed twice before Queen Victoria.
REFERENCES TO General Tom Thumb: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 41