And the said Barns further saith, that M^ Rumsey has, to his Knowledge, injured his circumstances very much, by quitting all kinds of business to pursue the boat ; that he the said Barns, has received of the said Rumsey five pounds per month besides his board, from April, 1785, to the present time ; which in his opinion, is but a small part of the expenses the said M^". Rumsey must have been at in the prosecuting nis plan. His new constructed boiler must exceed every thing

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oi" that kind yet extant, as it will not hold more than twenty pints, ;',inl \n his ojiinlon will make more steam than a five hundred tiallon boiler in the common way : and from the observation he has made, has reason to believe, that six bushels of good coals will serve it for twelve hours. The Weight of the present machine is about seven hundred pound, and will not occupy more space tl.uu four flour barrels.

Sworn before me, this 10th December, 1787.

Cato Moore.

{m. 13.)

A PARAGRAPH from General Washington's Letter, in answer to mine of the 10th of March 1785.

" It gives me much pleasure to find by your letter, that you are not less sanguine in your boat project than when I saw you in Richmond, and that you have made such further discoveries as will render them more extensively useful than was at first expected, vou have my best wishes for the success of your plan."