When Hanna returned to Canton, he informed McKinley that the bosses would guarantee his nomination in exchange for control of local patronage.

They considered themselves the king's "natural councillors" and were also the heads of a system of local patronage and loyalty.

Like much Sardinian work, Cavaro's painting is a stylistic hybrid, shaped by local patronage, skills and devotional practices.

The hall was built to attract local and tourist patronage and was fully licensed for music, dancing and the sale of alcohol.

He built a political career on a system of local patronage.

Redlands won because there was no other college in that part of the state, insuring a large local patronage.

A less positive consequence was that the councils were largely dominated by the Irish Party, becoming the wielders of local patronage.

Complaints like this came most often from the Mediterranean, where the boundary between Admiralty and local patronage was ill defined.

Some temples also received local patronage from rich landlords.

A copy of the manuscript was in the hands of the Avogadro family, which was known for their local patronage.