.hlin Fdch died in Knlu./.r u, Ihe.ycdr ITM, and iThe or P Fuhori had n'riHen their own history. /h„,-e no douif. either one or loth of Ihem n.au/d Aat; M sonu- account of the Iraiiraclimi rss related here iy me, but ffndmii no account of if in Ihe hisforr af either, /haiie yiven as e.rart an account ofd as IpofsiUy can. //army oflen .ipofien of d, /do hefirve my memory to lie perfectly corrint/Fhisi^untry had fiirnished. /Fdch l/,e means, lUe s/.ou/d liave /seen hless«i nif/i Steam JTaviya/ion. fen or fMecn years .'iiimer thai, wr n'ere

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filc/is p,ed,rhon ,„ a letter to Fraa/din dated Oct /.» " /7*>

riiarler /jronmie indl the Clerrnoiif fitr Cemysfoi, .S Fulton in /ff06 aiidthe machinery come from Ana/and ./dsaesPAl/aire n4o ,s now, andlios ieen manufiicluniu, aiodinery forSieam ioats. d,ithe irass andornamenlaf Wall fi.r the /Jo.d. as / n'Os repeatedly an loardthe koat a.liFullan uas present and /then U,r,-ed h,m to iethcraairmaa Hiat mas- mith us o n Ae Col/ecf in / MS or .97. The Clcrmoiil Irfl Ihe nharf allorlears //oo/iS made m spral Prom i lo .5 miles an hour /,(»/

THE WORLD IS INDEBTED And lo tlio persn'prance and mdefatieable attfniioii tu the

THE ORIGINAL IDEA AND TO THE MECHANICAL CENIUS OF JOHN FITCH, OF EAST WINDSOR, CONN.

f Steam nf Robert Fulton Estt. P? The wealth & exalted character of Robert R. Livmg.ston Esq. laiancellor ol the State of New York.

Entered according to act of Congrej

rl846 liy JOHK HDTCHINCS m tke Clark's Office of the