Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . here, andevery distinguished visitor from abroad found his way tothe wonderful gaiden. the fame of whieh had broughtHartram the appointment from Kngiand as • Uotanistto his Majesty (norgt* the Thiid. The PhilosophicalSociety was safely launched, and a i)o\vei-lul factorin th(>intellectual life of ijie city, and Thomas Ieiui had madegifts of both books and insiiuinenls. though his chiefinterest wa^ in exteudiu-j; (liurch of l-jigland LoLraii. «>ne (»f the uu)>\ versatile yet deeplylearn
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . here, andevery distinguished visitor from abroad found his way tothe wonderful gaiden. the fame of whieh had broughtHartram the appointment from Kngiand as • Uotanistto his Majesty (norgt* the Thiid. The PhilosophicalSociety was safely launched, and a i)o\vei-lul factorin th(>intellectual life of ijie city, and Thomas Ieiui had madegifts of both books and insiiuinenls. though his chiefinterest wa^ in exteudiu-j; (liurch of l-jigland LoLraii. «>ne (»f the uu)>\ versatile yet deeplylearned nun of llie time, an ardent (^)uaker. and yet asardent an advocate Ibr icsisiance to British encroach-ments, made one in every meeting, tbmial or infor-mal, where scienlilic (|uesliun^ came up. representinu: adevelopment which to many (Quakers si-emed almostimi)ious. The doctors especially were regarded as notmuch lietter than l:1iou1s. and one gaunt and spectral(>naker maiden namid for many years was accus-tomed at intervals to pass the night, wrapped inablan-. v^-^v.^vM- te^ r K^ QUAKER AND TORT. 193 ket, and stealing among the graves of the PottersField for the purpose of frightening them away. The up-town and down-town boys had, till the Britishoccupation, nightly battles with sticks and stones, onone occasion suspending it to gaze upon George Boyn-ton, a young Pliiladelphian of such extraordinary per-sonal beauty and fascination that boys and men aliketurned to look after him. The most admirable amongthe fashionable young gentlemen of his day, says anold chronicle, sought after by young and old. Fromthe Tor}^ Governor, Tlichard Peun, married to MistressPolly Masters and holding high revelry in the statelyhouse on Market Street, to Par.^on Duches mansion,notable as himself, all w^elcomed the young Apollo, be-loved by Quaker and Tory alike, and Intterly mournedAvhen taken by the fever of 1793, which for a timethreatened to depopulate the cit}-. Up to the date
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