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Walk-in-the-Water Steamship in 1820....
Walk-in-the-Water Steamship in 1820....
Item # 218009
June 24, 1820
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, June 24, 1820.
* 1st Steamship on Lake Erie
* Walk-in-the-Water reporting
A page 3 report from Buffalo states that: The Steam-Boat Walk-in-the-Water, left this place...for Mackina [sic], with a full freight and about 50 passengers....her freight consisted...of goods belonging to the American Fur Company, amounting in value of upwards of 100,000 dollars. Other news of the day includes: "Hydrophobia" "Connection of Moon and Weather" "Distressing Fire" and more. Some interesting advertisements including a few slave ads..
* 1st Steamship on Lake Erie
* Walk-in-the-Water reporting
A page 3 report from Buffalo states that: The Steam-Boat Walk-in-the-Water, left this place...for Mackina [sic], with a full freight and about 50 passengers....her freight consisted...of goods belonging to the American Fur Company, amounting in value of upwards of 100,000 dollars. Other news of the day includes: "Hydrophobia" "Connection of Moon and Weather" "Distressing Fire" and more. Some interesting advertisements including a few slave ads..
Category: Pre-Civil War
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