Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 [Renunciation of claim by N. Roosevelt against Robert R. Livingston & John Stevens]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04266 Author/Creator: Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Document signed Date: 1811/08/28 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy
Roosevelt renounces his shipping-related claim against Livingston and Stevens. Signed by Nicholas Roosevelt and by Robert Fulton, as a witness. Document lacks original seal at right hand side.
Nicholas J. Roosevelt (1767-1854) had gone into joint venture with Robert Livingston and John Stevens in 1797 to build a steamboat. Roosevelt proposed a vertical wheel design for that vessel. In the spring of 1802, Livingston commuicated Roosevelt's plan to Fulton; the next year, Livingtson and Fulton launched a steamboat propelled by Roosevelt's vertical wheel design. The "New Orleans," piloted by Roosevelt, would become the first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River. John Stevens (1743-1838) was one of the leading inventors of steamboat technology. Robert Livingston was a prominent New York politician, and an early supporter of Fulton.
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