Old steamboat days on the Hudson River; tales and reminiscences of the stirring times that followed the introduction of steam navigation (1907)
Buckman, David Lear · New York : The Grafton press · leaf 20
ry, however, named Robert Ful-ton, who settled in Philadelphia and there marriedMary Smith, a native of that city. Most of his earlyeducation was received in a school at Lancaster, Pa.,where the family had removed, presided over by a dig-nified Quaker. Fulton was not an apt pupil. Whennot busy with… … MO i-s Robert Fulton 3 traction for him and some of his suggestions were evenadopted by the workmen. While a boy Fulton madesky rockets for his own amusement, and experimentswith mercury and bullets gave him the name of Quick-silver Bob among his companions. He early developed an aptitude for…
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