Joseph Joshua Dyster to James Madison, 7 December 1809 (Abstract)

§ From Joseph Joshua Dyster

7 December 1809, Washington. Tells of his invention, a method “to propel Ships and Vessells of any description up Navigable rivers … by means of Steam.” His steamboat, however, uses no paddle wheels or oars and makes no “impulse whatever … on the Water.” Sends this letter by Gideon Granger and seeks an appointment with JM so that “arrangements perhaps may be formed, for carrying this important Object into effect.”

RC (DLC). 2 pp. Dyster appears to have been a dilettante with a variety of interests, including poetry (Four Odes [Philadelphia, 1816; Shaw and Shoemaker description begins R. R. Shaw and R. H. Shoemaker, comps., American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist for 1801–1819 (22 vols.; New York, 1958–66). description ends 37484] and Five Odes [Philadelphia, 1817; Shaw and Shoemaker description begins R. R. Shaw and R. H. Shoemaker, comps., American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist for 1801–1819 (22 vols.; New York, 1958–66). description ends 40710]).

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Title: Joseph Joshua Dyster to James Madison, 7 December 1809 (Abstract)
Author: Dyster, Joseph Joshua
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 7 December 1809

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Cite as: “Joseph Joshua Dyster to James Madison, 7 December 1809 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0136. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 October 1809–2 November 1810, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 116.]