280 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



List of patents granted hy the United States, ^'C. — Continued. 



11. PATENTS GRANTED PKIOR TO 1834. 



[The order shows that patents were granted to these persons, but the drawings and applications 

 were destroyed by fire in 1836.] 



Date of 

 patent. 



Number. 



Inventor. 



Svibject of invention. 



1795 





Joseph Ellicott, Pa 



Nathaniel Robbins, N. J. 

 Philip Groflf Pa 



Catchin"- fish. 



1802 





Mode o± carrying fish in warm weather. 

 Seine. 



1809 





1812 





Samuel May, Pa 



JamesWelis,jr., N. J... 



James Drummoiid 



Daniel Gordon, Pa 



Seine. 



1814 





Vessels and nets for fishing. 



1818 





Net. 



1824 





Catching fish. 









