Talk:Henry Miller Shreve

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[edit] Reverted changes

I reverted the rewrite of one paragraph to this:

On December 21, 1814, Shreve, who had been chosen to command the steamboat "Enterprise" by her owners based in Brownsville, Pa., disembarked Pittsburgh with a load of munitions for Andrew Jackson to defend New Orleans against an invasion of British forces. After the American victory at the Battle of New Orleans, a lawsuit was brought by the represenatives of Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston against Shreve and the owners of the Enterprise for violating the formers' monopoly against any unauthorized navigation of Louisiana's waters by steamboat. Soon after being released from jail, Shreve commanded the Enterprise from New Orleans to Louisville, the first time a steamboat was able to navigate that far north. Then he navigated the Enterprise to Pittsburgh and finally to her homeport of Brownsville, Pa. This voyage, more than 2,000 miles against the currents of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, by the Enterprise demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of steamboats to be used for commerce on the country's western waters.

. . . because the editor did not cite his sources. Granted, the current article does not cite sources, either, but better the devil you know until someone cites something. — BrianSmithson 22:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)