Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Official Program, Hudson-Fulton Celebration: Discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson, 1609, Inauguration of Steam Navigation by Robert Fulton, 1807, September 25 to October 9, 1909
National - The presence of Federal troops, of vessels from the United States Navy and of distinguished Civil Officers will mark the Nation's part in the Cele bration. Interstate - New Jersey and New York have much in common in their geographical, historical, social and commercial relations. Fifteen prominent citizens of New Jersey were appointed members of the Commission by Governor Hughes on nomination of Governor Stokes, and the citizens of the New Jersey cities and towns along the Hudson River have formulated plans for taking part in and enhancing the effect of the New York Celebration by appropriate illuminations and displays. State - Commemorative exercises will be held in all the universities, colleges, schools, and by learned societies throughout the State, to make due observance of the events and thus to emphasize the State phase of the Celebration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
