{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Becoming Barnum: The Journey to Fame and Fortune","title":"Last Letters from France ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1772,"description":"This episode of Becoming Barnum, Barnum sits down to write letters to various family members, plus one to his museum manager who was “like family” to Barnum, and another to the father of Gen. Tom Thumb, Sherwood Stratton, who was still in Paris. Taking the opportunity to write that day was smart as Barnum would be able to get the U.S.-bound letters on a steamship quickly, and because once he got to London, his time would be consumed with the arrangements for Tom Thumb’s performances. The family correspondence includes letters to his wife Charity, and to each of their daughters, his half-brother Philo, and his niece Minerva, plus a message of instructions to his sister Cordelia who was then living with Charity. This is the first time we’ve seen a letter to his mother in the copybook!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Bvl2-ffGsowD303Utbky1xVs4u0ARVbQNmc78qqAxS4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyMTQxLzE2NTY0/MzYwODQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}