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Sat, 24 Sep 2022 10:23:59 -0700
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While parsing through the Day By Day entries I cameto Twain’s 
visitJamestown for the Ter-Centennial,the300th anniversary of the 
founding of the colony,which includedRobert Fulton Day Ceremonies.Fulton 
is significant to the prevalent image of Mark Twain because of their 
respective associations with steamboats. I found an interesting biopic 
of Fulton in “The Industrial 
Revolutionaries:<https://twainsgeography.com/references/industrial-revolutionaries>The 
Making of the Modern World 1776–1914“ by Gavin Weightman.From this 
sourceFulton appearsasmore a promoter than an inventor.

https://twainsgeography.com/page/robert-fulton-and-steamboat

-- 
/Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/

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