02896cpcaa2200517 a 4500 mm 79020727 DLC 20260227111655.0 790320|||||||||||| eng mm 79020727 ms 79001780 DLC DLC DLC dacs S lcmd Fitch, John, 1743-1798. John Fitch papers, 1783-1854. 700 items. 3 containers. 3 microfilm reels. Open to research. 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. Microfilm edition available, nos. 17,137 (reels 84-86) & 15,820 (2nd set). Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1973-1977. Inventor. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Forms part of: Peter Force papers and collection (Series 8D : entry 47). Anderson, Joshua Correspondence. Beckley, John James, 1757-1807 Correspondence. Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 Correspondence. Hornblower, Josiah, 1729-1809 Correspondence. Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 Correspondence. Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819 Correspondence. Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819 Correspondence. Longstreth, Jonathan Correspondence. Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 Correspondence. Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 Correspondence. Pettit, Charles, 1736-1806 Correspondence. Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813 Correspondence. Riggs, Caleb S. (Caleb Smith), 1756-1825 Correspondence. Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 Correspondence. Say, Benjamin, 1755-1813 Correspondence. Steamboats. Surveying Ohio. Inventors. itoamc Thornton, William, 1759-1828. William Thornton papers. 42207 42207