[Copy of a Letter Presented to the Commissioners on the 22^d Oct^r 179[undecipherable]] To the honourable the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General Commissioners for granting exclusive Rights — Your humble petitioner respectfully prays, that the Claims Arguments and proofs, respecting the in- vention of a Steam Boat, made by him and any competitor that he may have, may be ordered to be committed to writing and lodged in the files of your Office; that either party may have free access to them I am your most humble & obedient Servant Done [undecipherable] since [undecipherable] John Fitch Phila^d Octo^b'r [undecipherable]