ALS, 1787 November 22 : Mount Vernon, to Thomas Johnson, Annapolis.

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ALS, 1787 November 22 : Mount Vernon, to Thomas Johnson, Annapolis.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14087080

Concerns the two earliest inventors of the steamboat, James Rumsey and John Fitch, both of whom, working separately, had requested Washington's assistance.

2 p. ; 24 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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