James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Chauncy Hall, 2 September 1811 (Abstract)

§ From Chauncy Hall

2 September 1811, Meriden, Connecticut. Describes a diving outfit he invented in October 1810. Presents six propositions so that “a man may Live and Work in the Diveing Dress under Water,” including the capability of raising or moving ships. Recalls putting his thoughts on paper in Washington and receiving letters patent for this invention by JM’s direction in December 1810.

RC (DLC). 3 pp. Cover marked by Hall, “In Confidence.”

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    To James Madison from Chauncy Hall, 2 September 1811 (Abstract)
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    Hall, Chauncy
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    Madison, James
    Date
    2 September 1811

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    “To James Madison from Chauncy Hall, 2 September 1811 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-03-02-0520. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 3, 3 November 1810–4 November 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, p. 439.]