Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936, Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 438
udge from John Adamsaccount of his sinful feasts in Philadelphia, andGeneral Greenes descri23tion of the luxury of Boston as an infant babe to the luxury of Philadelphia, and therest of Americas opinion of Philadelphia as a place of crucifying expenses, and many more signs of thetimes, the dinners… … MORRIS HOUSE, GERMANTOWN PHILADELPHIA AT TABLE 421 But it was signed and who can say, in face of the fact, thatPhiladelphia was any the worse for its feasting? Andwhat if it proved a dead weight to John Adams, did Bos-ton, did anj other town do more in the cause of patriotismand independence? One…
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