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Illlr Ill ) ir tr of the best tndltions tridltiotis tl"t tlt " tlOns ! of the old 011 ] d'1 d1 divs days ' , } s of ofse1f11ln ofse'f'ting ofseifiling ofseifilingLvcn se1f11ln se'f'ting sefting ' ' ; se'f'tingLsen Lvcn L\en L en Lsen \ thou tliouEh tliouih ; ; h Robeit nobl't noblt Robert ' t Fulton Iu1ton I- I - T u1ton udton u1tonnd ' \ ind \nd nd 'ad ad oth others ( > rs h111 had h111l1ro hadProved hidproved l1ro Proved < , d thit th\t th t tint ' \ the ste'1In ste1In stevnLhip stc ' m < < 'llip llip .hlp hlp ' . " was "as as a ptacllc'1'nd ptacllc1nd ptacllc'1'ndrellahle piactlcil IHactlc11 ' 1ml 1mlreH.1hle ' indrelljhie reH.1hle reH1hle rellahle . inean menm means & , of water 11 tiinsportitlon tt'ncport'tlon ttncporttlon 11l ' < ; port\tton port tton ' \ the time c'1rl c1rl early earlyTmnetiuith cirlvIsincieenth ' ) 1\lOctu.nth 1lOctu.nth 1 lOctu.nth lOctunth Tmnetiuith \ . cenluri centurJ century ng ngaided rcgaidul J dul tiansitlintic twnc1t1'1ntIc twnc1t11ntIc tians'tl'ntlc tianstlntlc ; ' ' ' ios- ios ios.tes \ vo\-.1 vo.1 vo .1 1 0\- 0 0.1 \ - .1 1 .tes tes . . , 03 es bv In bs tills this 'ne ne 'new new 'hew hew ' " f w.led wled rinled fin , . ? Icd ' kind hind of ship \ with Itb a aire apic ire Ie it deil del deal ' ) of 81.1 811 ski sktplieisni . flLll1"m flLll1m pliusm " So tlint that 'foolh'1rd foolh1rd foolh'rd foolhrd l ' foollnrdvlankee ' ) 1 anhee ankee , " Ciptiin C'1pt'1n C1pt1n C'pt'in Cptin ' ' ! Ruoeis HOoLlS ltubus , , Ind bad h1 consider tonsidu ible IlJle mble dI dif difhculty difhcuiti ! hcuit hculty , } in per peroinding perau'din peraudin u111lJ1 ' , a n ' group g'roup of oC Southel Soutliciners Southerners ners toback to toh tohick h back tch hl Ills < ; , plin pl1n plan for Cor bulldln building ; i 1 ' stcimship stc1illshlp steamship to cro cross crossthe cro'sstlie crosstlie " ' ' ) the oce ocein OCl'l11 OCll11 ' in He lie had hc1d COUlnl comet coinnnnded 1I1ded lined i i ste sic sf ! ' imboit Imb01t tmbo't tmbot ' ontht on ontl ontli tl tht ) ( ( Hudson Jludson llud on river rhu rlscr and hid Iimd li id brought anothel annthl1 anothu annthl1CS \CS CS ses sessel \ vcssel CSsel sel under steira ste1m steam from iSewoik 1'oL101lt ' ? iSew 1'oL\\ 1'oL 1oL .iw iw . \ \oik oik 101lt lout \ ( iround 1ronnd round to thc the thche'1d thehead thelicid he'1d he1d head ' of Ches Chesipcike Chesipe'ke Chesipeke 1Ilc'1he 1Ilc1he ' b b\ b b'O biv ' \ , } , , i ' \ 'O O io ' vo\ vo voige , \ ige le ; conSlllere considered consideredser consideredvorv ser \ er ) clwbelUlls danetuus dan : , eiuiis in 11\ 11 to \ 11those those divs d5 days d\ d ' \ 5 But nut tint th'1t th1t that ' w \ is ab as ab1I0tlIng asnothing asnotliiiig 1I0tlIng nothing ! compired comp'1red comp1red compared ' to the djiiBCib dangels dJ.nu dJnu . . ; b which whick \ luch aw ass \ tlted mated tltedsuch matedsuch iltcdsuch such a ship shII shin ' out on the high hlh ; seis se's ses se'1 se1 ' & . , , Fiinllv rutmlly rill tll , } , , however bO\HH.r bOHH.r bO HH.r HHr boss \ ? esr ( . , . , Ilogcrs Hogcrs Rogers com cons convinced Incell lnced tliem them thnt that thnthe thathe tliathe he could nmke make siieli such slJ .h h < . a \ vovve soy're soyre o 1JC ' s sifeli sifely 1fel ind 1l1c1 sod In III lu iSISthe 1818 iSIS 1818the 1S18lie the ( list fhst fll ( st trinsuccnnic tr'1nsucennlc tr1nsucennlc transoceanic ' steamship stu1mshlp compini COJ1llll11) COJ1llll11 coniptny ) wasomaulced \ was ns nsCIlb'llll CIlb'llll CIlbllll < ifciin/ed ifciin ed omaulced , ' / ; il nn'l nnl antI and ' Incorixiinted IncotlOultcd Incorporated { it 'It 't t ' Siv S'1\ S'1 S1 S'1l11nah S'stnnah Sstnnah ' \ umali l11nah by the theGeorl ( theGcorgij lie lieGeorges Georl Georges : ; . ! IColslature lelslnture legislature . ; It ordered orclered the eunsinictlonof wIIstluctonof catstiuctionof wIIstlucton catstiuction ! of a wooden "ooden ooden " \ vessel sessel e scl < ; ! ) 98 0S S j i "i i " feet Ion long ; 2 . . . > " ; 'iS iS ' ' ' > 8 feet nlde nldeand \ ttldeand \ Ide Idean an and 1 12'l 12l q ' ' deep dlCl ) \ with lth a gioss gross I os tonnage of 31c 31070 31970 ) in to tow towhich w \ \ hkh filch \ ttis ms's mss \ "e e " ' ; , given tlie the n ime mete of tlie the S Siv 1\ 1 n 1mn \ ' inn mn 'inn ihI Ih ih1 1 I In Irnnced In'need Inneed mced ' bv IJ\ IJ Us IJGcur \ JeorBljns Geurtilans Gcur ( . ; ! .lus lus < . built liv by b 1 < l I't.ckctt It.ckctt Itckctt eckett ' Hh . .ll ll < . m mud mudCrocl iniCroel ] Croll Crocl ctt Nt ett ofe ofew of \ ! i\ew i ew \e\\ e \ew iework eorl \ 1 \ ' \ork ork orl orh " eiti City tit ) and antI pro\ pro pros proII provided \ tiled [ II cd w \ with It itlt It It a a'steam a't at 'steam steam ' ' ! : > > teiim tl.llm tlllm . en engine enine , ; me supilied slIlIllJed supplied ) ! b hi by Stl Stephen phen Vail VaU ofIor of 'lor lor \Ior Ior 'lorJ ' \ Morilstown IorI J I istow ! ctO\\ ctO ctOn ; \ \ n r1 N r\ r ! \ \ I 1 , tlie the ship shill shipvat w \vat vat \ \ a as ! : > > to be t0U1111 eomrn coininindfd mndr mcl ( d ii by bya b ba a Connecticut Connctlcut Connectictlt Connecticutanl Connctlcutanhe ( \anhe anhe lanhee \anl anl \ ee " : > So 0 thisenture tills this venture \enture enture senture \ entureIIS ivns \\IIS IIS stars \ anall an anall anallinerlmn 311 all 311rnerlNn \inerlmn inerlmn \rnerlN\n rnerlN n anmericnn \ \ afrnir alTnlr nffuir afrniritb alTnlritb \\itb itb wlth \ \ both the boutli 5uutli olltll ind aliI rod the theort11 theortli tlieI\ortli tlieI ortli \ort11 ort11 \ortli ortli ! \ ? \ \ rqlll repiesentPd represented 'ntPll ntPll ( ' In it'I It tt It'Ihe 'I I 'Ihe Ihe ' 1 he bullileib b\1l1t1el b 1l1t1el bulideis \ did lll nut 1I0t hot Invc h"lre hlre have " tlie the ' sinii 'WI WI sun ( ( f filth fltb mIth ! inthe in inthe Inthe the steam engine cnplnc ; . part Imrt hart of it thil th'1t th1t that ' Rogers ltotLr Itolc.rs Itolcrs . , , . , ) ( dlil (1111 1111 did solie so sothc sothe thc ( lie Sa1In Sas'inn Sasinn Sav Sa\ Sa \ \1In 1In \ ' innih 1h iii v\js v js was \ \ . 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