Edward Finch

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☨ Edward Finch
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1796 in United States

Dead	1849 in United States

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	owner 1832-1833
Location	at Purdy, Welch, Finch and Wright menagerie in United States

Title	owner 1826
Location	at Martin, Finch & Co in United States

Title	owner 1823
Location	at Bailey & Finch in United States

Biography details

Edward Finch , circus director in United States

Finch was born * 1796 in United States dead 1849 , in United States .

After the elephant Old Bet died, Hachaliah Bailey, undeterred, proceeded to import two more elephants. In 1817 he and two partners, brother-in-law Isaac Purdy and George Brunn, purchased an eleven year old female who came to be called Betty or Little Bet. She was leased, in 1823, to Edward Finch of Somers who successfully traveled the country with her.

Records about Edward Finch from A History of the Traveling Menagerie

In 1826, a license was taken out by Martin, Finch & Co, in Rochester, New York. This would be Joseph Martin, the keeper, and Edward Finch (1796-1849), the man who exhibited Hachaliah Baileys elephant from 1820 to 1823.
Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology Part Two

Stuart Thayer, A History of the Traveling Menagerie https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm

Edward Finch is mentioned on 1 other person pagesJoseph Martin,

Edward Finch is mentioned on 5 location pagesCircus Sanger, Jamrach menagerie, Martin, Finch & Co, Purdy, Carley & Bailey, Purdy, Welch, Finch and Wright menagerie,

Edward Finch is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesTippoo Sultan,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Edward Finch in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1575. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.somershistoricalsoc.org/menageries2p2.html
Stuart Thayers American Circus Anthology Part Two: General History, https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm

Selected publications

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