Title
Letter respecting a torpedo invented for the purpose of fighting fires
Subject
Boston Fire Department
Description
Letter to the mayor and Committee on the Fire Department describing and promoting a torpedo invented for the purpose of destroying buildings in order to halt the spread of fire
Creator
Roosevelt, Clinton
Source
0100.001 City Council Proceedings, City of Boston Archives
Date
18 August 1837
Rights
This work is free of known copyright restrictions. Please attribute to City of Boston Archives
Format
paper
Language
english
Type
text
Identifier
1837-0081-G1
Text
Partial transcription from first page of docket:
In Board of Aldermen Sept 4, 1837
The Committee on the Fire Dept to whom was referred the communications of Clinton Roosevelt regarding a torpedo invented by him for destroying buildings in case of extensive conflatoration ask leave to report, that it is impossible to determine without inspection , the value of the invention & as applicant has sent neither model nor drawing of the invention, they are unable to judge [illegible] of the probability in respect to it. They therefore ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.
For the committee, Samuel A. Eliot
In Board of Aldermen Sept 4, 1837
The Committee on the Fire Dept to whom was referred the communications of Clinton Roosevelt regarding a torpedo invented by him for destroying buildings in case of extensive conflatoration ask leave to report, that it is impossible to determine without inspection , the value of the invention & as applicant has sent neither model nor drawing of the invention, they are unable to judge [illegible] of the probability in respect to it. They therefore ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.
For the committee, Samuel A. Eliot