A voyage to North America, and the West Indies in 1817 . The Hospital al Philadelphia. The library is at once elegant and well built, having beenfounded by Franklin, whose statue decorates the façade ; it i^rich with English, French, and Latin authors. 8 Voyage to North America^ The Mansion, or Town-house, is magnificent in the extreme ;and the churches, generally speaking, are fine, and well con-structed , every religion has its own, which is saying much fora country tolerating every sect ; that of the quakers, the firstinhabitants of Pennsylvania, is very The Mansion^ or Town Hous
A voyage to North America, and the West Indies in 1817 . The Hospital al Philadelphia. The library is at once elegant and well built, having beenfounded by Franklin, whose statue decorates the façade ; it i^rich with English, French, and Latin authors. 8 Voyage to North America^ The Mansion, or Town-house, is magnificent in the extreme ;and the churches, generally speaking, are fine, and well con-structed , every religion has its own, which is saying much fora country tolerating every sect ; that of the quakers, the firstinhabitants of Pennsylvania, is very The Mansion^ or Town House, at Ihitadelphia. The theatre is illuminated by hydrogen gas, which is done byapplying a light to tiie tube of the lustre, and in a moment thewhole building presents one blaze of splendor. Before I enter further on a description of the United States,I will simply add, that from New York to this city the road iscovered with inns, which, for the most part, are well kept, offer-ing every species of accommodation to the traveller. The soil,though sandy, is nevertheless productive ; the views are beautifuland variegated ; but the dwellings, although extremely clean,appear like card-houses to the European eye, which is habituatedto behold edifices raised as much for future times as the American, though fond of his offspring, nevertheless thinksthat they should also labour to enricii themselves. In Europewe estimate the fortune of an individual in proportion to his reve-nues ; in America they only speak of their capital. I shouldhave stated that their l
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