American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur (1765-1815) best known for designing the first commercially successful steamboat. His other endeavors included a commission from Napoleon that resulted in the first practical submarine, the Nautilus. Rare ALS signed “Rob't Fulton,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, 8 Thermidor an 7 [July 26, 1799]. Letter to Nathaniel Cutting in Paris, in full: "Yesterday I met Mr. Codman, he has fixed tomorrow evening the 9 of Thermidor to determine out business, the plan is to assemble…at our house about 6 or 7 o'clock, you will be so good as to come, he and Mr. Barlow will hear each of us and then decide." Affixed by its left edge to a slightly larger sheet. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and a stain to the top of the first page; the integral address leaf has two edge tears and seal-related paper loss. A fantastic, boldly penned letter by the steamboat inventor, written while he was in Napoleon's France and working on the design of the Nautilus submarine.
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