The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 104 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. FULTON, Robert, civil engineer, was born atLittle Britain, Pa., in 1765. His father and motherwere of Irish origin. When he was three years ofage his f
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 104 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. FULTON, Robert, civil engineer, was born atLittle Britain, Pa., in 1765. His father and motherwere of Irish origin. When he was three years ofage his father died, and he was obliged in his earlyyears to depend upon his own exertions for subsist-ence. His tastes inclining in that direction, he cul-tivated the art of drawing inthe hope of qualifying him-self for the profession of apainter. Benjamin West, withadvantages of education andconnection little superior tohis own, had raised himself tothe first rank, not only amongthe painters of England, butof the civilized world. At theage of seventeen he went toPhiladelphia to practice as apainter of portraits and land-scapes, and was successfulenough to support himselfand lay up a small amountof money. His first savingswere devoted to the comfortof his widowed mother, andwhen his twenty-first yeararrived he had, by economyand perseverance, acquiredfunds with which he purchaseda small farm in Washington county. Pa. Shortlyafter locating her u
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