Object Details
Collection Creator
Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
Stevens, John, 1749-1838
Collection Citation
John Stevens Collection, 1808-1881, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of John Stevens with William J. Duane of Pennsylvania State Legislature and others relative to a project for elimination of a sandbar that obstructed navigation of the Delaware River below Trenton, NJ. A 20 page letter ("statement of facts") of Robert Fulton to Cadwallader Colden, Esq. detailing alleged misdeeds and false claims of John Stevens relevant to steamboats. Also draft agreements between John Stevens and Robert Fulton and others regarding rights of steamboat navigation on the Delaware, Chesapeake, Santee, Savannah and Connecticut Rivers and between Providence and Newport.
sova.nmah.ac.0333_ref13
See more items in
John Stevens Collection
Date
1813
Container
Box 1, Folder 2
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
NMAH.AC.0333_ref13
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep847108035-4cb2-48e8-b0d8-b476c8e73c34
NMAH.AC.0333
ACAH
Record ID
ebl-1503513398019-1503513398023-1