[TRANSPORTATION] -- [NEW YORK CITY.] HUTCHINGS, John. "Honor to Whom Honor is Due." Origin of Steam Navigation. Williamsburgh, Long Island, [NY]: John Hutchings, 1846.
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
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Nov 4, 2022
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[TRANSPORTATION] -- [NEW YORK CITY.] HUTCHINGS, John. "Honor to Whom Honor is Due." Origin of Steam Navigation. Williamsburgh, Long Island, [NY]: John Hutchings, 1846.
Visible 18 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (minor offsetting, short marginal tears at old folds); framed to 21 x 17 1/4 in. (not examined out of frame).
A broadside lauding the pioneering contributions and inventions of John Fitch, Robert Fulton, and Robert Livingston which led to the first successfully operating steam-powered boat. Featuring a map of Collect Pond in New York City, the site of the men's experimentations. Surrounded by additional illustrations and testimonies with facsimile signatures.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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