Papers, 1783-1965.

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Papers, 1783-1965.

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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.

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Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917

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Beltzhoover, George M.

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Lucas, Daniel Bedinger, 1836-1909

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Daniel Bedinger Lucas, lawyer and poet, was born March 16, 1836, at "Rion Hall" in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia). He attended the University of Virginia, and then studied law under Judge John W. Brockenbrough of Lexington, Virginia. In 1859 he began practicing law at Charleston but moved the next year to Richmond. At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 he joined the staff of General Henry A. Wise and took part in the Kanawha Valley campaign, but his physical disability...

Moray, John, 1831-

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Kenamond, A. D.

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Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792

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Engineer and inventor. From the description of Papers of James Rumsey, 1784-1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015416 Inventor, of Shepherdstown, Va. (now W. Va.). From the description of Papers, 1785-1816. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159048 James Rumsey (1743-1792) invented a steam-powered boat in 1787 and developed an improved steamboiler, grist mill, and sawmill. He secured English and U.S. patents on the boiler and steamboat ...

Potts, Henry W., 1847-1931.

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Campbell, William, 1863-1932.

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Rumseyan Society.

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The Rumseyan Society was founded in Shepherdstown, W. Va., in 1906, to honor James Rumsey (1743?-1792) as the inventor of the first steam-powered boat. Rumsey publically demonstrated his steam-powered vessel on the Potomac River at Shepherdstown in 1787, although documentation shows he had developed the concept several years earlier. In 1789 he went to Philadelphia to solicit support for his invention. There the first Rumsey Society was formed, with Benjamin Franklin as its president. In 1792 Ru...

Pendleton, Helen Boteler, 1867-1955.

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McKeever, Kermit.

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Fitch, John, 1743-1798

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Inventor. From the description of John Fitch papers, 1783-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981153 Inventor and steamboat developer. From the description of John Fitch papers, 1764-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454382 Nelson County, Kentucky inventor. From the description of John Fitch : miscellaneous papers, 1782-1814. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49222091 ...

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815

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Civil engineer, artist, and inventor. From the description of Letter : New York, to Edward P. Livingston, Clermont, [N.Y.], 1814 February 11. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50631960 Inventor, engineer, and artist. From the description of Papers, 1812-1815. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50799372 Inventor. From the description of Robert Fulton papers, 1809-1838. (Columbia University In the City of New York). World...

Snyder, Harry Lambright, 1861-1935

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