BOOK
Title:
Whereas John Fitch, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, has proposed a machine for promoting navigation ... we the subscribers being willing to promote ... do promise to pay said Fitch ... provided said Fitch shall have ready to be delivered to us ... so many
Publication:
Richmond, Va, 1786?]
Notes:
A "subscription paper" printed and distributed by John Fitch to members of the Virginia Assembly in an attempt to raise funds for the construction of his first steamboat. See: Westcott, T. Life of John Fitch ... 1857, p.143.
Call #:
973 C683 NO.162
Extent:
Broadside ; 13" x 8 1/8"
Subjects:
