298 REPORT OE NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



prietors of the Mount Savage Rolling Mill. A duplicate of this medal 

 has been promised by that Institute for the collection. 



A number of valuable drawings illustrating the development of 

 marine steam-engineering have been added to that series, among them 

 being : 



Print of Jonathan Hull's steam-boat, 1737, from draught published 

 according to act of Parliament, 1737. This is the first feasible propo- 

 sition for navigating boats by steam on record. 



Rumsey's steam-boat, 1787. This is the boat in regard to the con- 

 struction of which General Washington wrote to Rumsey after seeing 

 his boat driven by the tide against the stream, and of which there is a 

 piece of the original chain-gearing in the collection. 



Steam-boat constructed by John Fitch, 1787. This boat carried pas- 

 sengers, who paid fare, between Philadelphia and Burlington, on the 

 Delaware River. 



Engine and propeller wheels of steam-boat constructed by John 

 Stevens, with twin screws, in 1804 ; on mat 30 by 40 inches, made from 

 the original engine in the Museum of the Stevens Institute, Hoboken, 

 New Jersey. 



The Clermont, Fulton's first American steam boat. This steam-boat 

 made the first trip from New York to Albany in August, 1807, and re- 

 mained in continuous service for several years. 



Steam-boat Phani.r, the first steam-boat to navigate the ocean and 

 the first vessel built with wave lines. The engine and hull were con- 

 structed under the direction of John Stevens, at Hoboken, New Jersey. 

 This vessel was launched about fifteen days after the Clermont, and 

 made the ocean trip from Sandy Hook to Cape May, on the way from 

 New York to Philadelphia, early in 1808. 



Fulton's first ferry system, being au enlarged facsimile of original 

 drawing made by Robert Fulton, 1812. This was the system in use at 

 Fulton Ferry, New York City, for many years. 



Steam-ship Savannah, the first steam-ship to cross the Atlantic, 1S19. 

 This vessel sailed from Savannah May 22, 1819, under command of Capt. 

 Moses Rogers, and arrived in Liverpool, June 20, 1819. 



The original log of this voyage in the handwriting of Sailiug-Master 

 Steven Rogers is also preserved iu the collection. 



Among the relics relating to early steam-boats which have recently 

 been obtained, may be noted : Fac-simile of draught of letter from 

 John Stevens, of Hoboken, New Jersey, to Robert Hare, jr., of Phila- 

 delphia, written November 16, 1805, describing the steam-boat with 

 twin screws, which is illustrated in the drawing alluded to above. 



Also an original copy of the Philadelphia "Federal Gazette and 

 Daily Advertiser," published Monday, July 2G, 1790. This paper con- 

 tains an advertisement of the time-table of Fitch's steam-boat, showing 

 the leaving and arriving time at Philadelphia, Bristol, Burlington, and 

 Bordentown. Deposited by Richard G. Stevens. 



