1From Benjamin Franklin to Jared Eliot, 13 February 1750 (Franklin Papers)
...William Nelson, “Josiah Hornblower and the First Steam-Engine in America, with some notices of...
2From Benjamin Franklin to Ebenezer Kinnersley, with Associated Papers, 20 February 1762 (Franklin Papers)
...with James Watt in developing the steam engine and provided the working capital that made...
3From Benjamin Franklin to Matthew Boulton, 22 May 1765 (Franklin Papers)
...engineer and the associate of James Watt in developing the steam engine, see above,
4Franklin’s Journal, [18 December 1780–29 January 1781] (Franklin Papers)
.... The waterworks were to be powered by steam engines, built according to plans furnished by...