Romantic days in the early republic . 1. THIRD STREET FROM SPRUCE STREET, ABOUT HIGH STREET FROM NINTH STREET, ABOUT 1800. IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC 45 talked of here from America — Mrs. has heard of her . . and at last speakingof Miss Hamilton he said with a twirl of hiscomb, Well, it does not signify, but the Ameri-can ladies do beat the English all to nothing. From which authoritative pronouncement, onemust conclude that Mrs. Bingham was, indeed,a woman of rare beauty. She possessed im-mense wealth also, which enabled her to livein very great luxury, and inasmuch as her hus-b
Romantic days in the early republic . 1. THIRD STREET FROM SPRUCE STREET, ABOUT HIGH STREET FROM NINTH STREET, ABOUT 1800. IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC 45 talked of here from America — Mrs. has heard of her . . and at last speakingof Miss Hamilton he said with a twirl of hiscomb, Well, it does not signify, but the Ameri-can ladies do beat the English all to nothing. From which authoritative pronouncement, onemust conclude that Mrs. Bingham was, indeed,a woman of rare beauty. She possessed im-mense wealth also, which enabled her to livein very great luxury, and inasmuch as her hus-band upon his return to Philadelphia built inThird Street above Spruce a mansion-housemodeled on the Duke of Manchesters residence,she was able to entertain in a truly splendidfashion. One of the foreign customs introduced intoPhiladelphia society by Mrs. Bingham was thatof the servants announcing the names of guestson their arrival at a party, at different stages ofthe way from the hall to the evening a visitor,
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