John Fitch papers, (Record no. 42207)
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| control field | DLC |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 79020727 |
| NUCMC control number | ms 79001780 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | S |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fitch, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1743-1798. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | John Fitch papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1783-1854. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 700 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 3 |
| Type of unit | containers. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 3 |
| Type of unit | microfilm reels. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, surveyor's notes, steamboat sketches, drafts of writings, printed matter, and miscellany. The papers relate chiefly to Fitch's development and promotion of the steamboat, though there is also material relating to his earlier surveying work in Ohio. Also includes some papers of architect William Thornton (1759-1828). Correspondents include Joshua Anderson, John James Beckley, Robert Fulton, Josiah Hornblower, Thomas Hutchins, Thomas Johnson, William Samuel Johnson, Jonathan Longstreth, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, Charles Pettit, Edmund Randolph, Caleb S. Riggs, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Say, and William Thornton. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Microfilm edition available, |
| Order number | nos. 17,137 (reels 84-86) & 15,820 (2nd set). |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. |
| Place of reproduction | Washington, D.C. : |
| Agency responsible for reproduction | Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, |
| Date of reproduction | 1973-1977. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Inventor. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. |
| 580 ## - LINKING ENTRY COMPLEXITY NOTE | |
| Linking entry complexity note | Forms part of: Peter Force papers and collection (Series 8D : entry 47). |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Anderson, Joshua |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Beckley, John James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1757-1807 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fulton, Robert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1765-1815 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hornblower, Josiah, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1729-1809 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hutchins, Thomas, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1730-1789 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Johnson, Thomas, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1732-1819 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Johnson, William Samuel, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1727-1819 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Longstreth, Jonathan |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mifflin, Thomas, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1744-1800 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Morris, Robert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1734-1806 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pettit, Charles, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1736-1806 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Randolph, Edmund, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1753-1813 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Riggs, Caleb S. |
| Fuller form of name | (Caleb Smith), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1756-1825 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rittenhouse, David, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1732-1796 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Say, Benjamin, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1755-1813 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Steamboats. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Surveying |
| Geographic subdivision | Ohio. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Inventors. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thornton, William, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1759-1828. |
| Title of a work | William Thornton papers. |
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