Mr. Fulton built other boats.
Some of them were ferry-boats.
[Illustration: BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND FULTON FERRY.]
A ferry from New York to Long Island is still called by his name,
Fulton Ferry.
Do you suppose the thousands of people who cross by it, ever think
of patient, industrious, hard-working, Robert Fulton?
In January, 1815, Mr. Fulton went to Trenton, New Jersey, as witness
in a lawsuit.
The weather was very severe.
Mr. Fulton became much chilled.
In coming back his boat was caught in the ice.
It was several hours before it could be moved.
You remember Mr. Fulton was not very strong.
He was ill for several days.
He was very anxious about a boat which he was building.
He left his bed too soon.
He was then taken very ill indeed.
And upon the twenty-fourth of February, 1815, the world lost this
great man.
Everyone mourned his loss.
The great city of New York was in mourning.
He was buried in the Livingston vault in Trinity Churchyard, New
York.
No monument has ever been raised over this great man.
But the boats which every year ply back and forth upon lake, river,
and ocean, are constant reminders of his great work for the world.
[Illustration: ELI WHITNEY.]
ELI WHITNEY.
The war, called the Revolution, was ended.
The treaty of peace had been signed.
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