Hulls, the Inventor of Steam-boats

Your facetious correspondent, NOCAB, may gain some information relative to his friend Jonathan Hulls, by going to the British Museum, and asking for the following book from Mr. Grenville's library. I will give the full title and Mr. Grenville's note, as it stands in my Catalogue of the library. GRENVILLE CATALOGUE (Vol. i. p. 351.) "Hulls, Jonathan. A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour, port, or river, against wind and tide, or in a calm. For which his Majesty has granted letters patent, for the sole benefit of the Author…