Great Indian Elephant
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
The Elephant Caravan in United States

1. (M) Hyder Ali

Great Indian Elephant was born wild at India unspecified location. and imported 1830-06-00 by Unknown, by the ship Mary

1830: Came to USA with the ship Mary to the harbour in Philadelphia.

The ship Mary from Calcutta, landed in Philadelphia in June, 1830, carrying a twenty-three year old female elephant and an eightmonth old calf. They were exhibited as a pair in 1830 and then, joined by some other animals, Species unknown, formed the Elephant Caravan in 1831. Several menageries in that period had Adult and calf elephants which were invariably advertised as “the largest and smallest ever exhibited.” The 1832 notices also shed no light on what the accompanying animals might be. That winter the calf was transferred to Raymond & Ogden (26) and was given the name Hyder Ali. The female, identified only as Great Indian Elephant during 1833, had at least a young African lion and its keeper for company.
This female elephant went to Hopkins & Co. for the 1834 season (12).
http://www.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
  
• Page 9, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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