Life of William Henry, 1860

Mss.B.H391

Date: 1860 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 70 p.
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Abstract

This is a sketch of the life of William Henry, who, in 1763, was the first person in America to experiment with steamboats.

Background note

Mathew Schropp Henry was the grandson of William Henry.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 70 p.

Provenance

Butterfield, Roger

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Biographies.

Occupation(s)

  • Inventors -- United States.

Personal Name(s)

  • Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862
  • Henry, William, 1729-1786

Subject(s)

  • Steamboats -- United States.