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| | The Annotated "U.S. Blues" |
 | | Born in Connecticut, Barnum began his career as showman in 1835 when he bought and exhibited slave who claimed to be 161 years old and the nurse of George Washington. |
 | | Seven years later he opened his American Museum, in New York City, exhibiting the Fiji Mermaid (half monkey, half fish), General Tom Thumb (a midget less than three feet tall), and the original Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng. |
 | | He also arranged the American tour of Jenny Lind, known as the Swedish Nightingale. |
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