Commodore Nutt
The little men were billed as "The Two Dromios"<ref>A reference to characters in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors who are twins.</ref> and "The Two Smallest Men, and Greatest Curiosities Living." The exhibit opened on 11 August 1862. Despite what their eyes witnessed, some museum-goers still said that Nutt was Tom Thumb in disguise. Barnum wrote, "It is very amusing to see how people will sometimes deceive themselves by being too incredulous."