Letter : La Salle, Il., dated March 27, 1843 to Joel Manning, Secretary to the Canal Board.

Conway, Patrick, 1867-1929

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Along with Patrick S. Gilmore, John Philip Sousa, and Arthur Pryor, Patrick Conway stands as a major contributor to the history of bands in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Patrick ("Patsy") Conway was born on July 4, 1867 near Troy, New York. He received his early formal education at the Homer Academy. Following the death of his father, when Conway was fifteen, he went to work at a carriage factory. It was there that he was taught ...

Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission Board.

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