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 (1788)
Fitch, John, 1743-1798, Durst, Seymour B., 1913- former owner. NNC · Philadelphia : Printed by Z. Poulson · leaf 113
o any thing of the kind in America. Very few places of thesize now exceed Geneva, either as to the stile of the buildings, thebeauty of the adjoining country, or valuable improvements. The number of sail-boats have greatly increased on the lake,and the sloop finds constant employment: and, in… … WES TEH N NEW-YORK. 1143 peach orchards, left by the Indians, yield every year abundance offruit, for the use of the inhabitants, besides making considerablecyder; so much so, that one farmer near Geneva sold cyder, thisyear, to the amount of one thousand two hundred dollars. So respectable are…
Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792 · Steam-navigation
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