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COLDEN, CADWALLADER D. The Life of Robert Fulton...Comprising Some Account of the Invention...of Steam-boats...Canals. New-York: Kirk & Mercein, 1817. 1st ed. 8vo. 6, 371 pp. Frontis. port. & folding table. Orig. printed boards (front cover loose, spine splitting). Uncut. $350.00

 

     S & S 40508. Sabin 14277. Kress B6892. Colden took great interest in internal improvements and navigation, as is evidenced in his splendid 1825 memoir on the completion of New York canals. He actively supported Fulton's patent rights and the steamboat monopoly. DAB describes this biography as "an uncritical but detailed survey of the inventor's career, which minimizes the contributions of earlier pioneers in the field of steam navigation."