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Show CENTENNIAL IS PLANNED' Celebration of the First Steamboat, Robert Fulton's, Ful-ton's, Clermont. - NEW YORK. April 18. A maritime exposition at New York two years hence In celebration of the first steamboat,. steam-boat,. Robert Fulton's "Clermont," which made the first trip to Albany, August 11. 1S07. has been proposed to. Mayor McClellan by the maritime affairs af-fairs committee of the board of trade and transportation. The committee proposes to assemble on the Hudson vessels of every type, from the most ancient craft to the modern ocean liners and battleships. It is proposed to invite, the Governments of the world to send representatives from their navies to participate. |