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His father, Joseph Gaston Chambers, also a native of Pennsylvania, was an educated man, a graduate of Princeton College, New Jersey, at the commencement of the revolution; and was not only a belle-lettre scholar, but also an inventive genius -- which was evidenced by the invention of a peculiar species of repeating gunnery, patronized by the naval department of the U.S. government during the last war with England; which was ready to be developed on Lake Ontario, where a large ship was prepared for action, armed with these guns, under command of Commodore Chauncey. Peace supervened before a battle was fought or a gun fired in action, and the invention fell dormant. As to the utility and destructive character of the invention, it is sufficient to state that it met the entire approval and warm commendation of Major Gen. Jacob Brown, and Commodore Rogers. In addition to this, J. G. C. invented a new alphabet, or an attempt to form a complete system of letters, with a view to the more easy and perfect spelling and pronunciation of the English language. After much expense in founding type to print, that invention also became a nullity.
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