Document: Annual address delivered before the Fairfield County Agricultural Society at Bridgeport, Conn. [...]
Bound copy of the Annual address delivered before the Fairfield County Agricultural Society at Bridgeport, Conn. October 10, 1849 P.T. Barnum, Esq.... Show moreBound copy of the Annual address delivered before the Fairfield County Agricultural Society at Bridgeport, Conn. October 10, 1849 P.T. Barnum, Esq. president of the society. Within is a copy of the address itself. It totals thirty one pages. Barnum was elected president of the Fairfield County Agricultural Society in 1848. He writes that he is interested in agriculture; he proceeded to keep chickens on the grounds of Iranistan. He helped plan the society's annual fair, gave addresses, helped judge contests, and performed all other work required of him. When Barnum was elected as a state representative, he continued his interest in agriculture by sitting on various committees that related to the practice on a state level. Show less