First circus to perform under a canvas big top

First circus to perform under a canvas big top
Who
Joshua Purdy Brown
What
First
Where
United States
When
1825
The first circus to travel with a canvas big top and to perform one-day stands was that of Joshua Purdy Brown (d. 1834) and Lewis Bailey in the USA in 1825. Their first series of single-day engagements did not take place until May 1826.