Copy of a petition about to be presented to the legislature of Connecticut
Subtitle: To the honorable the Senate, and House of Representatives of the state of Connecticut, in General Court assembled. : The petition of the Connecticut River Steam-Boat Company, respectfully represents
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 47712
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1819
Place of publication: Hartford
Language: eng
Subjects: Inland navigation; Steam-navigation; Monopolies; Politics and government
Notes: Requesting the intervention of the General Assembly to protect steam boats owned and navigated by citizens of Connecticut from "the existence in the state of New-York of a monopoly in favour of certain individuals, of all navigation by means of fire or steam; to protect whom laws have been enacted which operate unjustly and unreasonably beyond the limits of that state."

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Signed on p. 7: David Watkinson [and seven others], board of directors of the said company. Hartford, 7th May, 1819.

Last page blank.

Shaw & Shoemaker 47712

Rink, E. Technical Americana, 3626

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