The first American circus ever

Description:

Follows the career of John Bill Ricketts after his arrival in this country where he established our first circus in 1793.

subjects: Politics and government,  Correspondence,  Republican Congressional Committee,  Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ),  Officials and employees,  Circus,  Slavery,  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce,  United States,  United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War,  United States. Dept. of the Interior,  Circus owners,  Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877),  Juvenile literature,  Antislavery movements,  Biography,  History

People: John Bill Ricketts

Places: United States