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Brother John Fitch<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 21st 1743 \u2013 July 2nd 1798<\/span><\/p>\n

Member of:<\/p>\n

Bristol Lodge #25<\/a>, Bristol, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States.<\/p>\n

Brother John Fitch\u00a0 settled in Warminster, Pennsylvania, where he began working on his ideas for a steam-powered boat. Unable to raise funds from the Continental Congress, he persuaded various state legislatures to award him a 14-year monopoly for steamboat traffic on their inland waterways. With these monopolies, he was able to secure funding from businessmen and professional citizens in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\"Fitch's_Steam_Boat_1786_\"<\/p>\n

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