to Earl of Stanhope

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 to Earl of Stanhope

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GLC#
GLC04661.03
Type
Letters
Date
1798/04/14
Author/Creator
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815
Title
to Earl of Stanhope
Place Written
Paris, France
Pagination
26 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

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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