. The Westward Movement; the colonies and the Republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798; with full cartographical illustrations from contemporary sources. s of Virginiaand Maryland had granted him the exclusive use of the inven-tion in their waters. At the same time (November) he com-municated his plans to Washington, but they did not gain hisfull confidence. On March 10 of the next year (1785), hewrote to Washington : I have quite convinced myself thatboats may be made to m against the current of the Missis-sippi or Ohio rivers . . from sixty to a hundred miles a day. It is difficult to rec
. The Westward Movement; the colonies and the Republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798; with full cartographical illustrations from contemporary sources. s of Virginiaand Maryland had granted him the exclusive use of the inven-tion in their waters. At the same time (November) he com-municated his plans to Washington, but they did not gain hisfull confidence. On March 10 of the next year (1785), hewrote to Washington : I have quite convinced myself thatboats may be made to m against the current of the Missis-sippi or Ohio rivers . . from sixty to a hundred miles a day. It is difficult to reconcile all the conflicting statements circu-lated and vouched for by Rumsey and his rival, John Fitch,each claiming priority in the use of steam. It is certain that inMarch, 1785, Fitch, who had traveled much in the westerncountry, and was countenanced by Hutchins, professed withsome little reserve to Patrick Henry that his knowledge of thenorthwest was not equaled by that of any other man, and thathe intended to put his knowledge to use in the construction ofa map of that region, which he soon actually executed, cutting 322 THE NORTHWEST Note.—The above cut is a sketch from Fitchs map. The dot-and-dash line is the boundaryon Canada. The dash line defines the western part of Pennsylvania. The dot lines show thebounds of the proposed States under the ordinance of 1784. There are various legends on themap in the places indicated by the capital letters, thus : — A. A map of the northwest parts of the United States of America. B. The several divisions on the N. W. of the Ohio is the form which that country is to be laidolf into States according to an ordinance of Congress of May the 20th, 1785. C. The author presents this to the public as the production of his leisure hours, and flattershimself that altho it is not perfect, few capital errors will be found in it. He has not attemptedto take the exact meanders of the Waters, but only their general course. In forming t
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