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Rumseyan Society. Papers, 1783-1965.

Title: Papers, 1783-1965.

Correspondence, 1906-1965, financial records, 1915-1964, historical records (originals and photocopies), 1783-1842, and newspaper clippings concerning the Rumseyan Society of Shepherdstown, W. Va., and James Rumsey, the inventor of the first steam-powered boat. Correspondence and financial records document the efforts of the Society to secure land and erect a monument to Rumsey and to maintain the monument site thereafter. Significant correspondents include George M. Beltzhoover, William Campbell, A.D. Kenamond, Daniel B. Lucas, Kermit McKeever, John Moray, Helen B. Pendleton, Henry W. Potts, H.L. Snyder, and Henry B. Wheatley. Historical records include eye-witness and published accounts of Rumsey's experiments in steam navigation, memorials to the federal government for the benefit of his heirs, documentation concerning the controversy with John Fitch and Robert Fulton, and information concerning Rumsey's burial at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. Newspaper clippings include articles on Rumsey, his steamboat, the controversy with Robert Fulton, the Rumsey Monument at Shepherdstown, and the celebration in 1957 of the 170th anniversary of Rumsey's public demonstration of a steam- powered vessel.

ArchivalResource: 166 items.

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Rumseyan Society. Papers, 1783-1965.

Title: Papers, 1783-1965.

Correspondence, 1906-1965, financial records, 1915-1964, historical records (originals and photocopies), 1783-1842, and newspaper clippings concerning the Rumseyan Society of Shepherdstown, W. Va., and James Rumsey, the inventor of the first steam-powered boat. Correspondence and financial records document the efforts of the Society to secure land and erect a monument to Rumsey and to maintain the monument site thereafter. Significant correspondents include George M. Beltzhoover, William Campbell, A.D. Kenamond, Daniel B. Lucas, Kermit McKeever, John Moray, Helen B. Pendleton, Henry W. Potts, H.L. Snyder, and Henry B. Wheatley. Historical records include eye-witness and published accounts of Rumsey's experiments in steam navigation, memorials to the federal government for the benefit of his heirs, documentation concerning the controversy with John Fitch and Robert Fulton, and information concerning Rumsey's burial at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. Newspaper clippings include articles on Rumsey, his steamboat, the controversy with Robert Fulton, the Rumsey Monument at Shepherdstown, and the celebration in 1957 of the 170th anniversary of Rumsey's public demonstration of a steam- powered vessel.

ArchivalResource: 166 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30537058 View