CHAPTER I
A SMALL DINNER BECOMES A PARTY
“At Delaware’s broad stream, the view beginWhere jutting wharfs, food-freighted boats take in;Then, with the advancing sun direct your eyeWide opes the street with firm brick buildings high;Step, gently rising, over the pebbly way,And see the shops their tempting wares display.”
—“Description of Philadelphia,” Breitnal, 1729.
It was the first of March, 1782, and...
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