Enacted in 1728, printed in 1729, "Acts passed relating to Watermen, Wherrymen, and Lightermen, rowing on the River Thames... title page and pages 463 through 470 removed from bound volume
This is a photo of the National Champion boats from the Pennsylvania Barge Club 1n 1898. The Eight-Oarde Shell is in the foreground, and the Single Sculler, James Juvenal, is in ther background.