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Does anyone have any contact info for Eunice? Her husband Daniel was a cousin to my grandmother and I had opportunity to visit her when I was in Argentina in 2012 and would love to contact her again if possible, but I don't have contact info for her. Please e-mail hunsberm@gmail.com if you have any info. Thanks! Matthew Hunsberger

Thanks for your note. We'll pass it along to the Mennonite Mission Network, which should have contact information for Eunice Miller. I'll ask MMN to copy your message in its entirety to her so she will be able to make contact with you.

Matthew, I'm sorry to report that MMN does not have current contact information for Eunice. I hope that she or someone who knows her will somehow get your contact information to her.

Her husband's wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Mooers An oral history with Calvin and Charlotte Mooers, conducted in 1993, talking about their work: conservancy.umn.edu/handle/107510 Their daughter, Edith Mooers, is also a computer scientist; she was in the cast of the early-1970s children's TV series "ZOOM." www.imdb.com/name/nm0600548/

Yes, 1808

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"Stephen Polito (also known as Stephano, Stephani and Stephanus Polito; 1763/64–1814) was a menagerie owner of Italian descent in Georgian England.
Polito was born in Moltrasio, Italy. He owned a menagerie which he toured around England in the late 18th century. He went into partnership with another menagerist named Miles in 1798, and "Miles and Polito's Menagerie" exhibited at St Bartholomew's Fair in 1799. Polito's menagerie also attended Nottingham Goose Fair in 1807. ... ...

From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Polito

Staffordshire pottery flat back mantelpiece ornament, c. 1830 of the Menagerie of the Polito family. V&A Museum

Early 1908, a notice with similar wording appeared in Saunders's News-Letter on Tuesday 26 January 1808.

Mr Pollito had been in Briston in September 1807.

The adverts in Saunders News-letter continued until 14th May 1808, At some point between 26th January and 4th March the admission price was reduced to "One British Shilling".

So some time between 26th early January and 4th March 1808.

There is another one in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Via Simon Wilkinson who includes a bit of history -

Of course, the Zoo didn’t open until 1831, so these were great novelties