“arrived at this place...”
Date
12-10-1811
Newspaper
National Intelligencer
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 5
Newspaper Location
Washington, D. C.
Serial Number
967
Abstract
Report from Louisville dated November 15, 1811 on the arrival of the Steam boat New Orleans on its trip down the Ohio river. It is referred to as Mr. Roosevelt’s steamboat. This is due to the investor Nicholas Roosevelt being on board. Notes that trials were made there of speed and notes it took 64 hours to sail from Pittsburgh where it was built. Notes that the speed as 13 miles in 2 1/2 hours. The stated dimensions are 405 tons and capable of carrying 60 to 80 cabin and steerage passengers. Construction is noted as being ‘in a style not inferior to any packet in the Union”
Transcript
Louisville, Nov., 15. Arrived at this place on the 28th ult. Mr. Roosevelt's steam-boat New Orleans-we are informed she is intended as a packet boat between Natchez and New Orleans; her burthen is 405 tons, and can accommodate from 60 to 80 cabin and steerage passengers, in a style not inferior to any packet in the Union. She arrived at this place in 64 hours sailing from Pittsburg. Frequent experiments of her performance have been made against the current, since her arrival; in the presence of a number of respectable gentlemen, who have ascertained with certainty she runs thirteen miles in two hours and a half.
Recommended Citation
"“arrived at this place...”" (1811). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 940.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/940
