TY  - GEN
AU  - Fitch,John
AU  - Thornton,William
TI  - John Fitch papers,
KW  - Anderson, Joshua
KW  - Beckley, John James,
KW  - Fulton, Robert,
KW  - Hornblower, Josiah,
KW  - Hutchins, Thomas,
KW  - Johnson, Thomas,
KW  - Johnson, William Samuel,
KW  - Longstreth, Jonathan
KW  - Mifflin, Thomas,
KW  - Morris, Robert,
KW  - Pettit, Charles,
KW  - Randolph, Edmund,
KW  - Riggs, Caleb S.
KW  - Rittenhouse, David,
KW  - Say, Benjamin,
KW  - Steamboats
KW  - Surveying
KW  - Ohio
KW  - Inventors
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -