Tody Hamilton phrase (Barnum's press agent)

[Sam Clements]

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>The NY Times is wrong on several things. Tody Hamilton's >father was
>William
>Hamilton, but Tody's real name was Richard Francis (not >William) Hamilton.
>The NY Times gives his years as 1847-1916, but the below >newspaper account
>of a
>close friend states that he died at age 72.

Unless Mr. Hamilton lied repeatedly to the Census taker over the course of
his life, he WAS born in 1847.( I checked at least four instances).  His
close friend was probably wrong.

Sam Clements

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