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Fitch, John, 1743-1798 [Receipt for Robert Stocton for payment in full]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02480.07 Author/Creator: Fitch, John, 1743-1798 Place Written: Trenton, New Jersey Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1775/05/15 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Receipt to Robert Stocton [Stockton?] for payment in full. Accompanied by incomplete letter of the same date, apparently in a different hand, stating "The enclosed letter came to my Hands of," with monetary calculations. John Fitch designed and successfully launched the first steamboat in 1787. He received a U.S. patent for his steamboat in 1791. In the 1770's, Fitch made a living in Trenton as a silversmith, gunsmith, and provisioner of Continental Army troops.

Fitch, John, 1743-1798

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