Mr. Roosevelt, it is stated, is building a Steam Boat, to run on the Ohio and Mississippi, of upwards of 400 tons burthen; which it is supposed will traverse that stream against the current, at the rate of 35 miles a day, which will require six weeks to navigate from New Orleans to Pittsburgh.

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How to cite this article:  "Steamboat," Liberty Hall (Cincinnati, Ohio), 23 Oct. 1811, p. 2, available at http://history.hanover.edu/texts/1811.