To this end the persons a list of whose names is herewith sent formed themselves into a Company by the name of the Rumseian Society ?^x\A appointed us a Committee of Correspondence to further the design in distant places.

As steam Engines are now used in Europe not only for the purpose of raising water from Mines of Great depth but for a variety of other mechanical purposes where a strong force is necessary and where M^ater Falls were formerly applied --

We thought it advisable that James Rumsey should immediately go thither to secure himself any advantages which might result from an Invention so extensively useful in that Country and he accordingly sailed in the month of May in a vessel bound for London : before he took his Departure he signed a Petition which will be presented to the honorable the Legislature of your State stating his several Inventions and praying an Act may be passed granting him the exclusive priviledge of making and vending them for a reasonable Terra of years -- And at the same time a

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Power of Attorney was Executed and sent by him to Doct James M'c Mechin, Joseph Barnes and Charles Morrow Esqr authorising them or either of them to attend in person and Sohoit for him the granting the Prayer of his Petition. Joseph Barnes we are informed is a very ingenious mechanic who has been employed by James Rumsey in Constructing his several machines and is -perfectly acquainted with all his Inventions and has abilities adequate to the Construction of them in the absence of the Inventor. He is also in possession of the models and Drafts necessary to show the UtiHty of them and as soon as Exclusive Rights therein for a reasonable Term of Years shall be obtained from the honorable the Legislature of the State of New-York, he will be ordered to attenc as well to carry the said machines into Effect as to instruct suitable Persons to Construct them in his absence.