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100 1 _aFitch, John,
_d1743-1798.
245 0 0 _aJohn Fitch papers,
_f1783-1854.
300 _a700
_fitems.
300 _a3
_fcontainers.
300 _a3
_fmicrofilm reels.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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 _aMicrofilm edition available,
_dnos. 17,137 (reels 84-86) & 15,820 (2nd set).
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1973-1977.
545 0 _aInventor.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
580 _aForms part of: Peter Force papers and collection (Series 8D : entry 47).
600 1 0 _aAnderson, Joshua
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBeckley, John James,
_d1757-1807
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFulton, Robert,
_d1765-1815
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHornblower, Josiah,
_d1729-1809
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHutchins, Thomas,
_d1730-1789
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Thomas,
_d1732-1819
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, William Samuel,
_d1727-1819
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLongstreth, Jonathan
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMifflin, Thomas,
_d1744-1800
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMorris, Robert,
_d1734-1806
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPettit, Charles,
_d1736-1806
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRandolph, Edmund,
_d1753-1813
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRiggs, Caleb S.
_q(Caleb Smith),
_d1756-1825
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRittenhouse, David,
_d1732-1796
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSay, Benjamin,
_d1755-1813
_vCorrespondence.
650 0 _aSteamboats.
650 0 _aSurveying
_zOhio.
656 7 _aInventors.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aThornton, William,
_d1759-1828.
_tWilliam Thornton papers.
999 _c42207
_d42207