Edward Finch

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Edward Finch
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born 1796 in United States
Dead 1849 in United States
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

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 at https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm
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


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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). director Edward Finch in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1575. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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