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legislature went into mourning for him for a month, 

 but his family was left very badly off. 



Fulton never questioned Claude de Jouffroy's 

 priority in the practical invention of steam navigation, 

 and when his fellow-citizens ascribed it to him he 

 wrote to Paris and disclaimed it. To both of them 

 alike all honour and gratitude are due. 



The Academie des Sciences has recently, at the 

 request of Mdlle. Marthe de Jouffroy, the grand- 

 daughter of the illustrious inventor, appointed a 

 committee to examine the question as to whether her 

 grandfather is not entitled to some mark of national 

 recognition ; and this commission unanimously agreed 

 to associate itself with the municipality of BesanQon, 

 in erecting a statue to one whose discovery was 

 turned to material advantage by the foreigner, but 

 which is none the less one of the glories of France. 



