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Rumsey Steam Boat Invention Narrative From 1780s Petition
Long report recounts a Congress committee view on James Rumsey as an early innovator using steam to propel boats, with evidence of his experiments at Shepherdstown and Potomac River, the Maryland patents, and remarks on Fulton as the first to apply steam usefully to navigation.
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Congress
James Rumsey
Shepherdetown
Virginia
Bohemia Manor
Cecil County
Maryland
James P. Heath
Shepherdstown
Berkeley
Rumsey
Nicholas Orrick
Rumacy
Rumney Inn Store
James Rumney
General Assembly
House of Delegates
General Washington
Fitch
Jared Sparke
Potomac
Ashton Alexander
Henry Bedinger
Peter H. Cookus
Shepherds Town
Alexander
Hennings
London
America
John Beal Howard
James Johnson
Sherwood
Europe
Charles Morrow
Mr. Morrrow
France
Helland
Dover
Poeta
Efron
Les
Lonton
Janes Romeey
James Roomeey
Reis’ Cyclopedia
James Watts
Jonathan Heiss
Rober Fulton
New York
Cyclopedia
Delaware
Romsey
Robert Fulton
Fulton
Roger A. Pryor
Petersburg
Roger A Pryor
Washington
Wiite
Metean
Lincoln
Pryor
Washington McLean
Abe
Burke
Fort Lafayette
Roger A Dyeer
Putney
Capitol Hil