See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN FITCH (1743–1798)
• FITCH, RALPH (fl. 1583-1606)
• FITCH, SIR JOSHUA GIRLING (1824-1903)

FITCH (1743–1798)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer of See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 21st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1743 . He was the son of a See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, and received the usual See also:

• COMMON

common school See also:

• EDUCATION

education . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seventeen he went to See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, but he discontinued his sailor See also:

• LIFE

life after a few voyages and became successively a clockmaker, a brassfounder and a See also:

• SILVER

silver-See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

smith . During the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence he was a See also:

• SUTLER

sutler to the American troops, and amassed in that way a considerable sum of See also:

• MONEY

money, with which he bought See also:

• LAND

land in See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia . He was appointed See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-surveyor for See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky in 178o, and when returning to See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was captured by the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, but shortly afterwards regained his See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty . About this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he began an exploration of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western regions, with the view of preparing a See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district; and while sailing on the See also:

• GREAT

great western See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea occurred to him that they might be navigated by steam . He endeavoured by the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of his map to find money for the carrying out of his projects, but was unsuccessful . He next applied for assistance to the legislatures of different states, but though each reported in favourable terms of his invention, none of them would agree to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant him any pecuniary assistance . He was successful, however, in '786, in forming a See also:

• COMPANY

company for the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of his enterprise, and shortly afterwards a steam-packet of his invention was launched on the See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware . His claim to be the inventor of steam-navigation was disputed by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Rumsey of Virginia, but See also:

• FITCH, JOHN (1743–1798)
• FITCH, RALPH (fl. 1583-1606)
• FITCH, SIR JOSHUA GIRLING (1824-1903)

Fitch obtained exclusive rights in steam-navigation in New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania and Delaware, while a similar See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege was granted to Rumsey in Virginia, See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland and New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . A steam-See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat built by Fitch conveyed passengers for hire on the Delaware in the summer of '790, but the under-taking was a losing one, and led to the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of the company . In 1793 he endeavoured to introduce his invention into See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but met with no success .

On his return to See also:

• AMERICA

America he found his See also:

• PROPERTY

property overrun by squatters, and See also:

• REAPING (from O.E. rypan, rypan, probably allied to " ripe," mature, i.e. " fit for reaping "; the cognate forms are found in other languages)

reaping from his invention nothing but disappointment and poverty, he committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide at Bardstown, Kentucky, on the 2nd of See also:

• JULY

July '798 .