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CLERMONT MANOR. Property of Chancellor Livingston, who furnished the funds for Fulton's experiments. Fulton's Steamboat, the "Clermont," was named after this estate, and it was here she made the first stop. August 18th, 1807, on her maiden voyage up the Hudson from New York. The "Clermont" is seen in the distance, and, in the foreground, Fulton recounting the trip from New York to his friend and patron.
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FULTON AT CLERMONT MANOR Arrival at the Home of Chancellor Livingston, Aug. 18, 1807 on the first trip from New York
CLERMONT MANOR. Property of Chancellor Livingston, who furnished the funds for Fulton's experiments. Fulton's Steamboat, the "Clermont," was named after this estate, and it was here she made the first stop. August 18th, 1807, on her maiden voyage up the Hudson from New York. The "Clermont" is seen in the distance, and, in the foreground, Fulton recounting the trip from New York to his friend and patron.
Publisher: The Churchman Company
American
1909
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.9069
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
1609 HUDSON - FULTON 1807 "MANHATTAN SERIES" - sixteen Hudson-Fulton Post Cards published by The Churchman Company, 434 Lafayette Street, New York, N.Y.
1609 HUDSON - FULTON 1807 "MANHATTAN SERIES" - sixteen Hudson-Fulton Post Cards published by The Churchman Company, 434 Lafayette Street, New York, N.Y.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)