====== Patent X-165: 1797-04-28, Propelling Boats and Vessels ======

^ X Number      ^ Date       ^ Inventor       ^ City             ^ Title  ^ Status ^
| X-165       | 1797-04-28 | Jehosaphat Starr | Middletown, Middlesex County, CT | Propelling Boats and Vessels | Missing |

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Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.



Jehosaphat Starr was born in Middletown, Middlesex County, CT about 1760 and died there in 1814.

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