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• Early American Steamers (2 public domain volumes (later copyrighted volumes searchable but not readable online); Buffalo: E. Heyl, 1953-1956), by Erik Heyl (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Travelers Legal Guide and Business Man's Directory: Being the Duties of Railroad Companies, and Steamboat and Stage-Coach Proprietors, in the Transportation of Passengers, Baggage, and Other Property, And Their Responsibilities Relative To Accidents, Injuries to, and the Loss of Property, etc. (Rochester, NY: D. M. Dewey, 1855), by Alexander S. Davis (page images at Ohio Memory)
• Correspondence respecting the capture of the "Virginius" (Harrison and Sons, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Claims of Carden and Herd and Others : hearings before the United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee No. 2 (Judiciary), Seventy-Sixth Congress, first session, on Mar. 13, 23, 1939. (U.S. G.P.O., 1939), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 2 (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steam vessels and marine engines. (American Shipbuilder, 1896), by G. Foster Howell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steam vessels built in the United States, 1807 to 1856 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, 1931), by William M. Lytle and United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation (page images at HathiTrust)

• James Rumsey, the inventor of the steamboat : a paper (West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, 1900), by George M. Beltzhoover and West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essay on the steam boats of the United States of America (s.n., 1830), by James Renwick (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fulfilment of three remarkable prophecies in the history of the great Empire State relating to the development of steamboat navigation and railroad transportation, 1808-1908 ([publisher not identified], 1909), by Henry Whittemore (page images at HathiTrust)

• Proceedings of ... meeting ([Association of Passenger Steamboat Lines], 1905), by Association of Passenger Steamboat Lines (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ocean and coastwise (G.P.O., 1916), by United States. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation and United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bays, sounds, and lakes other than the Great Lakes (G.P.O., 1920), by United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service. Board of Supervising Inspectors and United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Record of American and Foreign Shipping (partial serial archives)
• Waterborne transportation lines of the United States (Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center :, 1985), by Institute for Water Resources (U.S.), Water Resources Support Center (U.S.), and Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merchant vessels of the United States (U.S. Coast Guard, 1925), by United States Coast Guard, United States. Bureau of Customs, United States. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, and United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual list of merchant vessels of the United States. (G.P.O., 1878), by United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation, United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Navigation, United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Navigation, and United States Department of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual list of merchant vessels of the United States. (G.P.O., 1878), by United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation, United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Navigation, United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Navigation, and United States Department of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merchant vessels of the United States (including Yachts and certain government vessels). (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., in the 19th century), by United States Coast Guard, United States. Bureau of Customs, United States. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation, and United States. Bureau of Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vessel inventory report (The Administration, 1976), by United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Trade Studies and Statistics. Division of Statistics, United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Subsidy Administration, and United States Maritime Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vessel inventory report 1986- (The Office, 1986), by United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Trade Analysis and Insurance, United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Trade Analysis and Insurance. Division of Statistics, and United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Trade Studies and Subsidy Contracts. Division of Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vessel inventory report. United States flag, dry cargo and tanker fleets, 1,000 gross tons and over, as of ... ([Washington?] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Maritime Administration, -1976., in the 20th century), by United States. Maritime Administration. Division of Trade Studies and Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Naval Committee to the House of Representatives, August, 1850, In Favor of the Establishment of a Line of Mail Steamships to the Western Coast of Africa, and Thence Via the Mediterranean to London (Washington: Gideon and Co., 1850), by United States House Committee on Naval Affairs
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• United States mail steam-ships. : Facts respectfully submitted to the consideration of the Congress of the United States. ([New York, 1850), by George Law (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of air mail and ocean mail contracts. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1933), by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Air and Ocean Mail Contracts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Naval Committee on establishing a line of mail steamships to the Western Coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London (Printed by Gideon and co., 1850), by United States House Committee on Naval Affairs and American Colonization Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold rush steamers of the Pacific (The Grabhorn Press, 1938), by Ernest A. Wiltsee and Grabhorn Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ocean mail service (S. 6708) Hearings before the Committee on the Post office and post roads, House of representatives ... February, 1911. Sixty-first Congress, third session. (Govt. Print. Off., 1911), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of air mail and ocean mail contracts ... : report ... <Pursuant to S. Res. 349 (72d Cong.)> (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1934), by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Air and Ocean Mail Contracts and Hugo LaFayette Black (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the establishment of a line of mail steamers; from the western coast of the United States, on the Pacific, to China. (Boston Journal Office, 1855), by R. B. Forbes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. (Govt. Print. Off., in the 19th century), by United States. Post Office Department. Division of Foreign Mails (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Naval Committee to the House of Representatives, August 1850 in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa and thence via the Mediterranean to London, designed to promote the emigration of free persons of color from the United States to Liberia : also to increase the steam navy and to extend the commerce of the United States, with an appendix added by the American Colonization Society. (s.n.], 1850), by American Colonization Society and United States House Committee on Naval Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sale of the American-Oriental Mail Line by the U.S. Shipping Board : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Sixty-Ninth Congress, first session, May 3-8, 10, 11, 1926. (U.S. G.P.O., 1926), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ocean mail contracts : hearings before the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Seventy-first Congress, second session, on H. R. 8715, a bill to amend Section 407 of Title IV of the Merchant Marine Act of 1928. January 22, 1930. (U.S. Govt. print. off, 1930), by United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter of Mr. John Roach to the Postmaster-general, suggesting the experiment of advertising for proposals of the lowest rates for the transportation of the United States mails at which the merchants and capitalists of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans will establish and maintain American Steamship lines from those cities to European ports. (Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1876), by John Roach and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ocean mail service ... Report. <To accompany S. 6708.> (Govt. Print. Off., 1910), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Jacob Harold Gallinger, and United States. Congress 1909-1910). Senate (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of the American ocean mail service and American commerce. (G.P.O., 1908), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steam communication between San Francisco and China. (J.W. Amerman, Printer, 1860), by New York Chamber of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mail steamships : letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in reference to mail steamship ... . (s.n., 1852), by United States. Congress. House 1851-1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the naval committee to the House of Representatives, August, 1850, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London; designed to promote the emigration of free persons of color from the United States to Liberia: also to increase the steam navy, and to extend the commerce of the United States. : With an appendix added by the American Colonization Society., by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs, contrib. by American Colonization Society (Gutenberg ebook)

• Characteristics and index of Maritime Administration ship designs. (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1984), by United States Maritime Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, on S. 2728 ... S. 2729 ... September 28, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merchant vessels of the United States ... (including yachts) (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, United States Coast Guard, in the 1960s), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maritime Security Program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, July 26, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, on S. 2728 ... S. 2729 ... September 28, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. merchant fleet "current" characteristics (Maritime Administration, 1974), by Paul B. Mentz and United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)

• Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. (Dorr, Howland, 1840), by S. A. Howland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steamboats ... Report ... upon the subject of the explosions of boilers in boats propelled by steam. ([Washington, 1832), by United States. Congress. House. Select committee on explosions of boilers and Charles A. Wickliffe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States. (W. Lazell, 1840), by S. A. Howland (page images at HathiTrust)

• Alabama steamboats, 1819-1869 (Scruggs, 1953), by J. H. Scruggs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Life of Pilsbury Hodgkins, better known throughout California as "Chips." (University of California, Library Photographic Service, 1909), by Pilsbury Hodgkins (page images at HathiTrust)

• Steamboats in the timber (Caxton Printers, 1952), by Ruby El Hult (page images at HathiTrust)

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