Fitch,John

Fitch,John
Fitch (fĭch), John. 1743-1798.
American steamboat pioneer whose early designs (1787-1790) were successful but received insufficient financial backing for large-scale production.

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  • Fitch — may refer to: Family name* Fitch (surname), a family name of Anglo Norman originPeople* Alan Fitch (1915 1985), British Labour Party politician * Albert Fitch Bellows (1829 1883), American landscape painter * Alfred Fitch, American Olympian *… …   Wikipedia

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