Letters concerning the steam frigate Fulton, 1804-1814.

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Letters concerning the steam frigate Fulton, 1804-1814.

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Bound volume of various correspondence and clippings of Robert Fulton. Includes ALS (2 p.), from Fulton to Peter Ogden, dated Nov. 6, 1813, concerning his plans for the development of the steamboat business; ALS (2 p.), from Fulton to Benjamin West, dated May 22, 1814, complimenting him on his painting and writing of his own endeavors in life; ALS (3 p.), from Bolton and Watts to Fulton, dated Oct. 26, 1811, regarding the engine they are building for Fulton's steamboat, and others. The volume is illustrated with a portrait of Fulton, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; 5 lithographs in tint and colors from designs by Fulton; and 6 other illustrations and postcards dating from 1804; also with broadside on cloth titled "Lines occasioned by the explosion of the Steam Frigate Fulton, in which perished the gallant and amiable Lieut. Samuel M. Breckinridge," by Rodolphus.

1 v. (19 leaves) ; 21 cm.

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