280 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



List of patents granted by the United States, &c. — Continued. 



11. PATENTS GRANTED PRIOR TO 1834. 



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

 were~destroyed by tire in 1836.] 



Date of 

 patent. 



In umber. 



Inventor. 



Subject of invention. 



1795 





Joseph Ellicott, Pa 



Nathaniel Robbins, N. J. 

 Philip Groff, Pa 





1802 





Mode of carrying fish in warm weather. 



1809 





1812 





Samuel May, Pa 



James Wells, jr., N. J... 



James Drummond 



Daniel Gordon, Pa 





1814 





Vessels and nets for fishing. 

 Net. 



1818 





1824 













