<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(inventor)" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Fitch (inventor)">John Fitch</a> is granted a United States patent for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Steamboat">steamboat</a>.