CHAPTER XVII

FULTON’S HOME AND FULTON’S HONORS 183

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ROBERT FULTON _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

ROBERT FULTON’S BIRTHPLACE 8

THE BUILDING FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY CALEB JOHNSON’S SCHOOL 34

THE WASHWOMAN; FULTON’S EARLIEST KNOWN DRAWING 54

THE FULTON MEDAL 134

THE WIFE AND TWO OF THE CHILDREN OF ROBERT FULTON 184

A child of Lancaster, upon this land Here was he born by Conowingo’s shade; Along these banks our youthful Fulton strayed Dreaming of Art. Then Science touched his hand, Leading him onward, when, beneath her wand, Wonders appeared that never more shall fade: He triumphed o’er the Winds and swiftly made The giant, Steam, subservient to command.

How soft the sunlight lies upon the lea Around his home, where boyhood days were sped! These checkered shadows on the fading grass Symbol his fortunes, as they fleeting pass: “He did mankind a service,”—could there be A tribute more ennobling to the dead!

LLOYD MIFFLIN.

ROBERT FULTON