1From Thomas Jefferson to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 24 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
You may remember that I had the honour of presenting to you at Paris my ingenious countryman Mr. Rumsey , as the discoverer of a simple and advantageous method of propelling vessels thro’ the water by steam. You first mentioned to me the step which Bernoulli had advanced towards the same discovery. Mr. Rumsey is since dead, and the bearer hereof Mr. Barnes , a citizen of the United states,...