For generations school children learned that Robert Fulton perfected the first steamboat in 1807 and that it changed America. Certainly, Fulton’s boat, originally called the “North River Steamboat” ...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Cruising along at five miles per hour, Robert Fulton made his famous steamboat voyage up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany in 32 hours. Agonizing by today's standards, the ...
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Two Centuries Ago, America Was So Obsessed With Travel That Shockingly Deadly Steamboat Races Were A National Pastime
Traveling just about anywhere in America today is trivial for most people. No matter where you want to go, there’s going to ...
"This is the third in a series of publications featuring letters from the collection of H.W. Lende, Jr., San Antonio, Texas."--Page [12]. "One hundred fifty copies of this booklet have been printed."- ...
Autograph letter signed "Boulton Watt & Co.," identified as being in the hand of James Watt, Jr., to Robert Fulton (using the alias Robert Francis), with scale drawings of a steamboat engine in color.
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