Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Bridgeport, Conn.” in entry stratton-charles-heywood of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

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(popularly known as Tom Thumb), dwarf; born in Bridgeport, Conn. , Jan. 4, 1838. The attention of P. T. Barnum, the showman, was first drawn to Stratton in November, 1842, when the midget was about four years old. He was then less than 2 feet high, weighed less...
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