PATENT TO MR. ROOSEVELT. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, _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. SEAL Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen and of the independence of the United States of America, the thirty-ninth. JAMES MADISON. _By the President._ Jas. Monroe, _Secretary of State_. City of Washington, _to wit_: I do hereby Certify, That the foregoing Letters Patent were delivered to me on the first day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen to be examined; that I have examined the same, and find them conformable to law: and I do hereby return the same to the Secretary of State within fifteen days from the date aforesaid, to wit; on this first day of December in the year aforesaid. Richard Rush, _Attorney General of the United States_. To all to Whom these Presents shall come: _Nicholas J. Roosevelt, of the State of New Jersey, Esqr. sends greeting_: