A native of New London, Connecticut, Capt. Mose Rogers died of yellow fever in Georgetown, SC aged about 42 years. For some years he was actively engaged in New York in the earliest experiments made in the application of steam to the purposes of navigation. After his voyage on the Savannah, he was engaged in 1820 to take command of the steamer Pee Dee operating between Georgetown and Cheraw. At his death, his family was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (abstracted from the Georgetown Intelligencer, 6 Dec 1821)
A native of New London, Connecticut, Capt. Mose Rogers died of yellow fever in Georgetown, SC aged about 42 years. For some years he was actively engaged in New York in the earliest experiments made in the application of steam to the purposes of navigation. After his voyage on the Savannah, he was engaged in 1820 to take command of the steamer Pee Dee operating between Georgetown and Cheraw. At his death, his family was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (abstracted from the Georgetown Intelligencer, 6 Dec 1821)
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CAPTAIN MOSE/ ROGERS/ DIED NOV. 11, 1821/ COMMANDER S.S./ SAVANNAH/ FIRST STEAM SHIP TO/ CROSS THE ATLANTIC/ CROSSED IN 1819/
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