Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . lbany. A fev/ friends, including several scientific men and mechanics, wereinvited to take passage in the boat, to witness her performance; and theyaccepted the invitation with a general conviction that they were to do butlittle more than v/itness another failure. Monday, September 10, 1807, came at length, and a vast crowdassembled along the shore of the North River to witness the starting. Asthe hour for sailing drew near, the crowd increased, and jokes were passedon all sides
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . lbany. A fev/ friends, including several scientific men and mechanics, wereinvited to take passage in the boat, to witness her performance; and theyaccepted the invitation with a general conviction that they were to do butlittle more than v/itness another failure. Monday, September 10, 1807, came at length, and a vast crowdassembled along the shore of the North River to witness the starting. Asthe hour for sailing drew near, the crowd increased, and jokes were passedon all sides at the expense of the inventor, who paid little attention tothem, however, but busied himself in making a final and close inspectionof the niachiner3\ Says Fulton, The morning I left New York, there were not, per-haps, thirty persons in the city who believed that the boat would evermove one mile per hour, or be of the least use; and while we were puttingoff from the wharf, which was crowded with spectators, I heard a numberof sarcastic remarks. One oclock, the hour for sailing, came, and expectation was at its. MAJOR-GENERAL H. W. LAWTON
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