Spaulding, Gilbert R.
Spaulding, Gilbert R.:
see Spalding, Gilbert R.Spalding, Gilbert R.,1811?–1880, American showman, b. Albany co., N.Y. Known as "Doc" because he owned a drug and paint store in the early 1840s, he acquired a circus in the mid-1840s and in 1848 formed a partnership with the English circus rider Charles J. Rogers.
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