(COLUMBIAN FOUNDRY) Manuscript receipt book presumably kept by Robert McQueen, of the Columbian Foundry. New York, 1811. Includes interesting information on his orders for Robert Fulton and for his competition the Albany Steamboat Company. Almost 200

(COLUMBIAN FOUNDRY) Manuscript receipt book presumably kept by Robert McQueen, of the Columbian Foundry. New York, 1811. Includes interesting information on his orders for Robert Fulton and for his competition the Albany Steamboat Company. Almost 200 pages total. Tall4to, contemporary 1/4 calf, quite worn; staining throughout, but legible. E400/600 An interesting item, concerning early New York tradeand the burgeoning steamboat industry. Fulton began using McQueen, whohad his shop on Duane Street, during the building of his first Hudson River steamboat in 1807.