...shelters him for ever. In one of his journals, there is this touching and prophetic sentiment — " the day will come when some more powerful man will...poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention !" I do not know that I have his precise words, but the sentiment is what I have given. The truth is,...

...prophetic sentiment — " the day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from ray invention ; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention !" I do not know that I have his precise words, but the sentiment is what I have given. The truth is,...

...details his embarrassments and disappointments, with a feeling which shows how ardently he dssired success, and which wins for him the sympathy of those...He must have died about the year 1799. " The first steam boat built on the western waters," says a writer in the Western Monthly Magazine, " was the Orleans,...

...Delaware. Many crowded to see and ridicule the novel, and as they supposed, the chimerical experiment. It seemed that the idea of wheels had not occurred...He must have died about the year 1799. " The first steam boat built on the western waters," says a writer in the Western Monthly Magazine, " was the Orleans,...

...than a century, we shall see our western rivers swarming with steamboats ; and expresses a wish to he buried on the shores of the Ohio, where the song of...He must have died about the year 1799. " The first steam boat built on the western waters," says a writer in the Western Monthly Magazine, " was the Orleans,...

...one of his journals: 'the day will come when some more powerful man will gel fame and riches from mv invention; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention."' From tlie United Servict Journal. A LETTER FROM UPPER CANADA. Drummondvtlle, Dec. 20<A, 1838. MR. EDITOR,—When...

...not his destiny to accomplish ! — and how touching is the sentiment found in his journal : — ' The day will come when some more powerful man will...poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention !'" BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Birth. — Intended for the church. — Attends a common...

...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame anJ riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the western rivers would swarm with steam-vessels, and he expressed...

...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame and riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the western rivers would swarm with steam-vessels, and he expressed...

...music of the steam-engine sooth his spirit." How melancholy is the sentiment found in his journal : " The day will come when some more powerful man will...John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." As early as 1783, both Rumsey and Fitch had exhibited models to Gen. Washington. Shortly after the...