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Lot 1297: FULTON, ROBERT

Est: $300 USD - $400 USDSold:
Alexander Historical Auctions LLCStamford, CT, USNovember 29, 2007

Item Overview

Description

1297. ROBERT FULTON (1765 - 1815) American engineer and inventor of the first practical submarine and torpedo, and established the first commercially successful steamboat, the Clermont. The concluding portion of a letter to him, in full: "I am Sir respectfully your most obedient Robt. Fulton". At left, the dateline from the letter is affixed, reading: "New York, May 3, 1814". Mounted, irregularly trimmed, else very good. $300 - 400

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Auction Details

A Fine Selection of Autographs

by
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
November 29, 2007, 11:00 AM EST

860 Canal St. 2nd Floor, Stamford, CT, 06902, US