. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . ROBERT FULTON * In the autumn of 1807, the Albany Gazette contained the following advertise-ment : The North River Steamboat will leave Panlus Hook on Friday, the fourth ofSeptember, at 9 oclock, , and will arrive in Albany ou Saturday at 0 oclock, , seven dollars. The announcement was realized, the Clermont completing the 9, Atlantic Cable ? When laid ? How ? Through whose efforts :mont ? Result of Fultons voyage ? 10. TheCler- 298 HISTO
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . ROBERT FULTON * In the autumn of 1807, the Albany Gazette contained the following advertise-ment : The North River Steamboat will leave Panlus Hook on Friday, the fourth ofSeptember, at 9 oclock, , and will arrive in Albany ou Saturday at 0 oclock, , seven dollars. The announcement was realized, the Clermont completing the 9, Atlantic Cable ? When laid ? How ? Through whose efforts :mont ? Result of Fultons voyage ? 10. TheCler- 298 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES possible to navigate the water by steam. Although othershad previously made successful experiments of a similarcharacter, Fultons voyage to Albany gave an impetus to. s riiisT steamboat steamboat enterprise which soon created a revolution innavigation.* Since then, floating palaces have taken theplace of the little Clermont—not so large as the smallestferry-boat of our day—and steamships of immense size andmagnificence ply regularly, and frequently across, all thegreat oceans of the world. trip, as advertised, in thirty-six hours. Daring a part of the way she was gazed at bycrowds of wondering spectators on the banlis of the Hudson. * Fulton thus described to a friend the disheartening circumstances under wliich theconstruction of tlie first steamboat—nicl^named by the Americans Fultons Folly —was patiently persevered in by himself. He records as follows: When I was buildingmy first steamboat at New York, the project was viewed by the public with indiffer-ence or with contempt, as a visionary scheme. My friends, indeed, were civil, butthey were shy. They listened with patience to my explanations, but with a settledcast of incredulit
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