Proposals for forming a company, to enable James Rumsey to carry into execution, on a large and extensive plan, his steamboat and sundry other machines herein after mentioned.

To the honorable representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : The petition and remonstrance of John Fitch, of the city of Philadelphia. Respectfully sheweth, that your petitioner hath seen the printed bill for granting to James Rumsey certain inventions ...
by: Fitch, John, 1743-1798
Published: (1789)

An act for vesting in James Rumsey, Esquire, the exclusive right and privilege of making, using, and vending, divers engines, machines and devices, by him invented, or improved ...
Published: (1789)

The original steam-boat supported; or, A reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet : Shewing the true priority of John Fitch, and the false datings, &c. of James Rumsey.
by: Fitch, John, 1743-1798
Published: (1788)

Philadelphia, September 21, 1789 : As John Fitch has procured a number of handbills, containing his petition and remonstrance to the House of Assembly ... I hope this will be deemed a sufficient apology for my throwing together remarks on some parts of the said petition and remonstrance. ...
by: Barnes, Joseph
Published: (1789)

The projector detected or, Some strictures, on the plan of Mr. James Rumsey's steam boat : by Englehart Cruse, of Baltimore. [Two lines of Scripture text].
by: Cruse, Englehart
Published: (1788)

Remarks on Mr. John Fitch's reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet : by Joseph Barnes, formerly assistant, and now attorney in fact to James Rumsey.
by: Barnes, Joseph
Published: (1788)

Who really invented the steamboat? : Fulton's Clermont coup : a history of the steamboat contributions of William Henry, James Rumsey, John Fitch, Oliver Evans, Nathan Read, Samuel Morey, Robert Fulton, John Stevens, and others /
by: Shagena, Jack L.
Published: (2004)

To the honorable representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : The petition and remonstrance of John Fitch, of the city of Philadelphia. Respectfully sheweth, that your petitioner hath seen the printed bill for granting to James Rumsey certain inventions ...
by: Fitch, John, 1743-1798
Published: (1789)

The following petition and remonstrance was read in the House of Assembly on the fifteenth instant : and as it has been said to be "improper, indecent and insulting," the subscriber wishes to give the world an opportunity of judging on its merits, and therefore presents this printed copy of it. /
by: Fitch, John, 1743-1798
Published: (1789)

Remarks on Mr. John Fitch's reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet /
by: Barnes, Joseph
Published: (1788)

By the King. A proclamation for the apprehending of Colonel John Rumsey, Richard Rumbold, malster, Richard Nelthorp, Esq., Edward Wade, Gent., Richard Goodenough, Gent., Captain Walcot, William Thompson, James Burton, and William Hone, joyner.
Published: (1683)

Poor John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat,
by: Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935
Published: (1935)

James Rumsey -- Representatives of.
Published: (1846)

Steam : the untold story of America's first great invention /
by: Sutcliffe, Andrea J.
Published: (2004)

Cartographica extraordinaire : the historical map transformed /
by: Rumsey, David, 1944-
Published: (2004)

Rumsey's steam engine.
Published: (1842)

James Rumsey's Heirs, &c.
Published: (1839)

Heirs of James Rumsey, deceased.
Published: (1840)

The Salamanca doctor's comment upon the proclamation, for apprehending Colonel John Rumsey, Richard Rumbold, Richard Nelthorp, Wade, Goodenough, Walcot, Thompson, Burton, Hone, for conspiring to kill the King..
Published: (1683)

Life of John Fitch : the inventor of the steam-boat /
by: Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888
Published: (1857)

Life of John Fitch : the inventor of the steam-boat /
by: Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888
Published: (1857)

Justice to the memory of John Fitch : who in 1785 invented a steam engine and steam boat, planned, constructed and put in operation the steam boat "Perseverance," of sixty tons, moving at the rate of eight miles an hour, in 1788 /
by: Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886
Published: (1845)

Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters : containing the history of the first application of steam, as a motive power; the lives of John Fitch and Robert Fulton; history of the early steamboat navigation on western waters; full accounts of all the steamboat disasters; a complete list of steamboats and all other vessels now afloat on thewestern rivers and lakes; maps of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers; history of all the rail roads in the United States; one hundred engravings and sixty maps /
by: Lloyd, James T.
Published: (1856)

The brethren of St. John's Lodge are requested to attend the funeral of our Brother Rev. Moses Badger ...
Published: (1792)

Steamboats.
Published: (1832)

Steamboat days /
by: Dayton, Fred Erving, 1880-
Published: (1925)

Steamboat days /
by: Dayton, Fred Erving
Published: (1939)

Steamboat days /
by: Dayton, Fred Erving
Published: (1970)

The explanations, and annexed plates, of the following improvements in mechanics, viz. 1st, a new constructed boiler. 2nd, a machine for raising water. 3d, a grist-mill. 4th, a sawmill, &c. are respectfully dedicated to the patrons of the plans, by the inventor.
by: Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792
Published: (1788)

The first steamboat voyage on the western waters /
by: Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891
Published: (1871)

The autobiography of John Fitch /
by: Fitch, John, 1743-1798
Published: (1976)

Relative to steamboat explosions.
Published: (1843)

Here is a true and just account of a most horrid and bloody plot conspired against His most sacred Majesty and His royal Highnes by the wicked contrivances of Colonel John Rumsey, Richard Nelthorp, Edward Wade, Richard Goodenough, Captain Walcot, William Thompson, James Burton, and William Hone : since which time there is an account that Colonel John Rumsey is taken, and hath been upon his examination.
Published: (1683)

Here is a true and just account of a most horrid and bloody plot conspired against His most sacred Majesty and His royal Highnes by the wicked contrivances of Colonel John Rumsey, Richard Nelthorp, Edward Wade, Richard Goodenough, Captain Walcot William Thompson, James Burton, and William Hone : since which time there is an account that Colonel John Rumsey is taken, and hath been upon his examination.
Published: (1683)

Steamboating ; sixty-five years on Missouri's rivers, the historical story of developing the waterway traffic on the rivers of the Middle West.
by: Heckman, William L., 1869-
Published: (1950)

Steamboats come true ; American inventors in action.
by: Flexner, James Thomas, 1908-2003
Published: (1944)