A Lost Chapter in the History of the Steamboat

Name: A Lost Chapter in the History of the Steamboat
Author: John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval) Latrobe

by John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval) Latrobe

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Regarding the author's connection with a case (never brought to trial) involving a patent granted to Nicholas J. Roosevelt in 1814 for using vertical wheels with steam engines to propel boats.

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2020-09-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Steam-navigation -- History Roosevelt, Nicholas J., 1767-1854 F106

About the author

John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval) Latrobe

1803–1891

A Baltimore lawyer, civic leader, and storyteller, he moved easily between courtrooms, reform work, and literary circles. He is remembered both for his long public career and for helping shape major Maryland institutions in the 19th century.

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