_To all to whom these LETTERS PATENT shall come_:
Whereas, NICHOLAS J. ROOSEVELT, a Citizen of the United States, hath
alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement
IN PROPELLING BOATS &c. BY STEAM,
which improvement he states has not been known or used before his
application; hath made oath that he does verily believe that he is the
true inventor or discoverer of the said improvement; hath paid into
the Treasury of the United States the sum of thirty dollars, delivered
a receipt for the same, and presented a petition to the Secretary of
State, signifying a desire of obtaining an exclusive property in the
said improvement, and praying that a patent may be granted for that
purpose: These are therefore to grant, according to law, to the said
NICHOLAS J. ROOSEVELT, his heirs, administrators, or assigns, for the
term of fourteen years, from the first day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and fourteen, the full and exclusive right and liberty
of making, constructing, using and vending to others to be used, the
said improvement; a description whereof is given in the words of the
said Nicholas J. Roosevelt himself, in the schedule hereto annexed,
and is made a part of these presents.
In testimony whereof, I have caused these Letters to be made Patent,
and the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.