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From: Larry Thompson <>
Subject: Re: [ALL] Steam boats
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:36:18 -0400
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Al:
When I posted that last night I had lost the link that showed where
things were located. Here is the document link;

www.umsl.edu/pott/pguides/Officer%20Licenses.doc

Larry

wrote:

>Larry,
>
>I would bet that the 4th district was New Orleans. One or more of my
>Neeld line were pilots out of New Orleans and one of them was later
>appointed Inspector of Hulls for the Port of Pittsburgh by Ulysses S. Grant.
>
>Since you did such a good job and so fast, can you please share with
>the list the name of this college library?
>
>Al
>
>
>
>
>At 07:08 PM 6/26/2007, you wrote:
>
>
>>Al:
>>You're right as usual. At first I tried the state government. Tried the
>>Archives in Harrisburg. No good. Well, I spent today researching the
>>subject and found that by an Act of Congress, 30 Aug. 1852 they passed
>>the Rivers and Harbors act, which required licensing pilots and
>>engineers. I believe there were 4 districts, Pgh, St. Louis, Cincinatti
>>and can't remember the other. It looks like any extent records from the
>>time frame I'm looking at are in a college library in Ohio. The way I
>>tracked it down was that while researching steam tugs I ran across a
>>page with a picture of Samuel Clemens license, and on it was listed the
>>date of the act.
>>
>>Larry
>>
>>
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Larry Thompson
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