New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . tenhouse, theastronomer. The fame of Pitch and of his inven-tion spread throughout America. Scarce a year had passed before a new steam-boat appeared upon the Delaware River. The12th of July, 1788, marked the trip of tfiis won-der worker, with its tubular boiler and its threepaddles on the stern. Welcomed by admiringthrongs, the steamboat churned its way betweenBurlington and Philadelphia, saluted by a dis-charge of cannon at Dunks Ferry and shouts fromthe crowd gathered along Green Bank and thewharves of Burlington City. B
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . tenhouse, theastronomer. The fame of Pitch and of his inven-tion spread throughout America. Scarce a year had passed before a new steam-boat appeared upon the Delaware River. The12th of July, 1788, marked the trip of tfiis won-der worker, with its tubular boiler and its threepaddles on the stern. Welcomed by admiringthrongs, the steamboat churned its way betweenBurlington and Philadelphia, saluted by a dis-charge of cannon at Dunks Ferry and shouts fromthe crowd gathered along Green Bank and thewharves of Burlington City. But as the steam-boat was about thirty perches from the point oflanding at Burlington a boiler pipe burst, and theboat, abandoned by those who had promoted theproject, drifted toward Philadelphia. Some afterthis accident withdrew, terrified, from the com-pany, while others, having supplied funds for re-pairs, sustained the boat in her trips betweenthe old capital of West Jersey and was issued to the amount of four hundred [Vol. 3] MOBILITATE T. &. W. MBrcein,T^«ut. 93 Gold S» • 130 NEW JERSEY AS A COL
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