. Book of the Royal blue . by his young countryman is evincedby the fact that he immediately invited Fultonto become a member of his household andmake his residence at his home, which hedid, and there remained during his stay inLondon, which lasted for several years. both men lent vast energies, unwaveringenthusiasm and much practical the result of their efforts, not only Amer-ica, but the whole world is the beneficiarytoday. One of Fultons chiefest assets seems tohave been his power of attracting powerfulfriends. Not only was Benjamin Franklinhis stanch friend at home, and Benja
. Book of the Royal blue . by his young countryman is evincedby the fact that he immediately invited Fultonto become a member of his household andmake his residence at his home, which hedid, and there remained during his stay inLondon, which lasted for several years. both men lent vast energies, unwaveringenthusiasm and much practical the result of their efforts, not only Amer-ica, but the whole world is the beneficiarytoday. One of Fultons chiefest assets seems tohave been his power of attracting powerfulfriends. Not only was Benjamin Franklinhis stanch friend at home, and BenjaminWest in England, but on his arrival in France,in 1779, he made the acquaintance of theAmerican minister of the Court of St. Cloud,Joel Barlow, which ripened into a most warmfriendship, terminated only by the death ofMr. Barlow. Of all Fultons friends, how-ever, the one to whom he owed the most,and to whom almost equal credit must begiven for the final success of his experiments,was Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, Amer-. pm^aMSBm CLERMONt- ISOT Just when and for what cause Fulton ex-changed the delicate camels hair pencil ofthe miniature painter for the stiff draughtingpen of the mechanic it is hard to say. Thecourt atmosphere instead of developing histalent for producing dainty miniatures or thefanciful allegorical pictures so popular dur-ing the reign of the Georges, seems to havedriven him to the other extreme, and thelast we hear of his artistic efforts is the saleof a panorama, in France, which he disposedof in order to secure the means to furtherprosecute his mechanical experiments. In Henry Hudsons day the questionwhich most agitated mens minds was thediscoveiy of the mythical transcontinentalstrait. In Robert Fultons day it was theapplication of steam power to motor pur-poses, and to the solving of these problems ican minister to the Court of Livingston was not only a friend, buta partner of Fultons, and but for his timelyfinancial aid, it is doubtful if
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