Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 to Earl of Stanhope
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04661.03 Author/Creator: Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1798/04/14 Pagination: 26 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy
Writes that all wars are a waste of money and labor. Improving a country's infrastructure is the best use of these funds and energy, through projects such as his canals. He estimates just how much the canals would save England. Fulton comments: "Manual labor is true riches...There is not true policy but that which tends to multiply the produce of labor and increase the conveniences of life."
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