Robert Fulton (1909) (14595947298)

Identifier: newyorkat00newy (find matches)
Title: New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Commission, Jamestown Exposition, 1907
Subjects: Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) New York (State)--Exhibitions
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : J.B. Lyon Co.
Contributing Library: Virginia Beach Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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y New York State. H-2. Letter of Marquis De Lafayette to an AmsterdamLady, announcing burial in Louisiana of his son-in-law, who marriedhis daughter, Virginia, and deploring the custom which deniedattendance of relative at funeral. Owned by Mrs. Josephine L.Topping, Amsterdam. H-3. Van Metterens History. This ancient Dutch bookgives the first published account of Henry Hudsons discovery ofthe river bearing his name, and was printed at Antwerp in 1610,the year following. This is the only copy of this edition known tobibliophiles. It also mentions the Virginia colony and Jamestown.Owned by lion. John Boyd Thacher, Albany. H-4. Capt. John Smiths Journal. This account of thebrave Captains adventure at Jamestown in 1607 is as excitingas any exploit in history. It is the first mention of the Indian maiden,Pocahontas, daughter of the Indian Chief Powhatan, in any history,and was printed in 1624. The journals of 1608 and 1612 omitthis incident that has been made a feature in American history,
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ROBERT FULTON Originally an artist, studying at London under Benj. West, he abandoned paintingin 1793, and devoting himself to engineering, evolved the Clermont, forerunner ofsteamboats, which made a successful trip from New York to Albany on Aug. 19, 1807.Born at Little Britain, Pa., 1765; died at New York, Feb. 24. 1815. From a paintingby Chappel. Catalogue of Exhibition 265 of song and drama. The account of her saving Smiths life appearson p. 49, and a list of the first settlers of Virginia on p. 43. Ownedby Hon. John Boyd Thacher, Albany. I. 1-1. Quilt. It was made in sections or squares by the wivesof Members of the Colonial Congress to help them pass the hourswhile their husbands were deciding the Nations destiny, each wifemaking one section, and finally joining them together about a centralone made by Martha Washington. Owned by John Mack, Albany. J. J-l. Indian Deed, for an island in the Hudson River nearSchodack, N. Y., to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Lord of the Manorof Renssela