A letter, addressed to Cadwallader D. Colden, Esquire : in answer to the strictures, contained in his "Life of Robert Fulton", upon the report of the select committee, to whom was referred a memorial relative to steam navigation, presented to the Legislature of New-York, at the session of 1814 ; with an appendix, containing the several laws concerning steam boats : the petitions presented for their modification; and the reports of select committees thereupon &c., &c., &c.