1To John Adams from Francis Hoskins, 24 April 1800 (Adams Papers)
The Petition of Francis Hoskins of Philadelphia, Clerk.— Humbly sheweth that Petitioner, has invented 2 new and useful improvements being time pieces, for the discovery of the Longitude by Sea, or land which, improvements, has not been known, or used heretofore, in any part of the world A description of which, with their uses, and other useful Instructions in Navigation, he has set forth, in a...