P. T. Barnum was a "special partner"...

Item # 700072

June 04, 1853

ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, June 4, 1853 Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as noted on one of the back pages.
The front page has a print of: "Bronze Statue of De Witt Clinton--Monument Exhibiting in the Park". Other prints within include a map & article on: "The Disputed Boundary Between the United States & Mexico" "Foundation Excavations for the Government Steam Battery at Hoboken" "High Rock, Lynn Mass..." "Chinese Museum, Philadelphia" "Sicard's New Diving Apparatus" "Everett's Late Residence at Washington" and more.
Sixteen pages, good condition.