Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 314

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.) Newspaper featuring the act granting John Fitch an exclusive steamship monopoly. The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, number 2120. 4 pages, 16 1/2 x 10 inches, on one folding sheet; stitch holds, 1/4-inch burn hole in text area, minor wear. (MRS) Philadelphia, 9 December 1786
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Fitch invented a steam engine years before Fulton, and was granted the "sole right and advantages of making and employing the Steam Boat" by the state of Pennsylvania. He made his first trial run in 1787, and was operating a regular run on the Delaware River by the summer of 1790.