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A series of illustrated essays and sketches that explores the social and domestic life of Colonial and Revolutionary America, using letters, diaries, and contemporary anecdotes to open household interiors, assemblies, and clubs to the reader. It recounts balls, receptions, dancing assemblies, club meetings, and private correspondence to reveal manners, entertainments, and conversational habits, balancing public ceremonies with intimate moments to humanize historical actors and illuminate everyday customs and conviviality.

INDEX.

A.

  • Abercrombie, Dr. James, 119.
  • Adams, John, 11, 66, 88, 130, 148, 192.
  • Adams, Mrs. John, 13, 16, 65, 191, 224.
  • Adams, John Quincy, 70, 125, 167.
  • Agassiz, Louis, 145.
  • Agassiz, Mrs. Louis, 140.
  • Alexander, General William, 70.
  • Allen, Andrew, 214.
  • Allen, Ann, 216.
  • Allinson, Edward P., 154.
  • Alsop, Mary, 85. (Mrs. Rufus King.)
  • American Philosophical Society, 97-147.
  • Amiel, Christian, 223.
  • André, Major John, 26, 33, 44, 52, 84.
  • Armand, Colonel, 210.
  • Armstrong, Colonel Richard, 223.
  • Arnold, General Benedict, 63, 194, 223.
  • Arnold, Mrs. Benedict, 44. (Peggy Shippen.)
  • Atlee, Dr. W. F., 68.
  • Aubrey, William, 184.
  • Auchmuty, Miss, 38, 42.
  • Auchmuty, Rev. Samuel, 56.

B.

  • Bache, Dr. Franklin, 174.
  • Bache, Mrs. Richard, 12, 17, 85.
  • Barclay, 200, 228.
  • Bard, 223.
  • Barton, Dr. Benjamin S., 132.
  • Bartram, John, 103, 104.
  • Bartram, William, 104.
  • Bayard, The Misses, 88.
  • Beasley, Dr. Frederick, 167.
  • Beckwith, Colonel, 168.
  • Beekman, Colonel Henry, 85.
  • Beekman, Mrs. James, 84.
  • Biddle, Clement C., 167.
  • Biddle, Nicholas, 117, 152.
  • Bingham, William, 211.
  • Bingham, William, United States Senator, 211 (note).
  • Bingham, Mrs. William, 89, 92, 224, 226.
  • Binney, Horace, 173.
  • Black, William, 199, 210.
  • Bleecker, 82.
  • Blended Rose, Ladies of the, 33, 42.
  • Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, 139.
  • Bonaparte, Joseph, 164.
  • Bond, Becky, 43, 218.
  • Bond, Dr. Phineas, 103.
  • Bond, Williamina, 42, 216.
  • Boudinot, Elias, 74.
  • Bowers, Mrs. John M., 8.
  • Breck, Samuel, 66, 152.
  • Bunker’s Hotel, 67.
  • Burd, 200, 216.
  • Burgoyne, General, 34.
  • Burning Mountain, Ladies of the, 43.
  • Burr, Aaron, 66, 131.
  • Bush Hill, 225.
  • Byrd, 229.

C.

  • Cadwalader, General John, 216.
  • Cadwalader, Margaret, 216.
  • Cadwalader, Polly, 216.
  • Cadwalader, Dr. Thomas, 111.
  • Calder, Sir Henry, 28, 49.
  • Callowhill, Hannah, 178. (Hannah Penn.)
  • Canino, Prince de, 164, 168.
  • Carey, Henry C., 123, 167.
  • Carey, Mathew, 167.
  • Carey Vespers, 123.
  • Carter, 229.
  • Cathcart, Lady, 18, 19, 205.
  • Cathcart, Lord, 42.
  • Chapman, Dr. Nathaniel, 117, 153.
  • Chastellux, Marquis de, 84, 148.
  • Cheston, 229.
  • Cheves, Langdon, 173.
  • Chew, Elizabeth, 214.
  • Chew, Mary, 214.
  • Chew, Peggy, 42, 49, 58.
  • Chew, Sally, 43.
  • Clarkson, 82.
  • Clifton, Eleanor, 28, 29.
  • Clinton, Governor George, 81.
  • Clinton, Mrs. George, 92.
  • Clinton, Sir Henry, 38, 61.
  • Clymer, George, 155.
  • Clymer, Mrs. Henry, 226.
  • Coffin, Eleanor, 20.
  • Colden, Dr. Cadwallader, 104, 105.
  • Collins, Zacheus, 162.
  • Conyngham, 200.
  • Coxe, Sally, 214.
  • Craig, Janet, 42, 56.

D.

  • Daschkof, Princess, 140, 142.
  • Deane, Silas, 148.
  • De Lancey, Mrs. Oliver, 212.
  • De Peyster, 82.
  • Dickinson, John, 103, 205, 216.
  • Digby, Admiral Robert, 73.
  • Draper, Sir William, 30.
  • Drayton, Colonel, of South Carolina, 125.
  • Drinker, Elizabeth, 18.
  • Duane, Mrs. James, 83, 88.
  • Duer, Colonel William, 70.
  • Duer, Lady Kitty, 69, 70, 83.
  • Dulany, Daniel, 103.
  • Du Ponceau, Peter S., 121-129, 155, 162.

E.

  • Elliot, Governor Andrew, 73, 204, 205.
  • Elliot, Elizabeth, 205.
  • Emlen, 200.
  • Evans, 216.
  • Evans, Governor John, 184.
  • Eve, Sarah, 18, 199.

F.

  • Fishbourne, 215.
  • Fisher, 200, 203.
  • Fisher, Joshua Francis, 173.
  • Foulke, Liddy, 10.
  • Francis, Anne, 134.
  • Francis, Dr. John W., 152.
  • Francis, Sir Philip, 134-136.
  • Francis’s Hotel, 207.
  • Franklin, Benjamin, 12, 17, 106, 112, 114, 120, 140;
  • founder of Philosophical Society, 97-102.
  • Franklin, Samuel, 70.
  • Franklin, Sarah, 71. (Mrs. Richard Bache.)
  • Franklin, Walter, house of, New York residence of General Washington, 67-70.
  • Franks, Abigail, 212.
  • Franks, David, 212.
  • Franks, Phila, 212.
  • Franks, Polly, 214.
  • Franks, Rebecca, 14, 38, 43, 59-61, 213, 219.
  • Fraser, Caroline, 164.
  • Furness, Dr. William H., 124.

G.

  • Gallatin, Albert, 125.
  • Galloway, Mrs., 213.
  • Gerry, Elbridge, 91.
  • Gerry, Mrs. Elbridge, 86.
  • Gliddon, George Robins, 125.
  • Goldsborough, Charles, 57, 226.
  • Greene, General Nathaniel, 8, 226.
  • Griffin, Lady Christiana, 85.
  • Griffin, Cyrus, 85, 90.
  • Griffitts, Hannah, 54.
  • Griffitts, Dr. Samuel Powel, 154.
  • Grouchy, Marquis de, 164.

H.

  • Haines, Reuben, 162.
  • Hale, Captain Nathan, 84.
  • Hamilton, Alexander, 66, 91.
  • Hamilton, Mrs. Alexander, 85.
  • Hamilton, Andrew, 201.
  • Hamilton, Mrs. Andrew, 212.
  • Hamilton, Governor James, 200.
  • Hamilton’s Wharf, 206.
  • Hancock, John, 11.
  • Harrison, Anne, 217.
  • Hays, Dr. Isaac, 174.
  • Hazlehurst, 216.
  • Heckewelder, John, 129, 155.
  • Helm, Mary, 186, 190.
  • Helvetius, Madame, 16, 17.
  • Hildeburn, Charles Riché, 203.
  • Hopkinson, Francis, 103, 120, 220.
  • Hopkinson House, 21.
  • Hopkinson, Joseph, 152, 167.
  • Hopkinson, Thomas, 105, 198.
  • Hosack, Dr., 151.
  • Howard, Colonel John Eager, 59.
  • Howe, Admiral Lord Richard, 38, 48, 55, 71.
  • Howe, General Sir William, 24, 28, 41, 48, 55, 218.
  • Humboldt, Baron von, 133, 151.
  • Hunter, 229.
  • Huntington, Daniel, 91.

I.

  • Ingersoll, Bertha, 76.
  • Ingersoll, Charles J., 143, 166.
  • Ingersoll, Jared, 129.
  • Inglis, John, 203.
  • Inglis, Katharine, 214.
  • Izard, Mrs. Ralph, 85.

J.

K.

  • Kane, Judge, 173.
  • Keach, Rev. Elias, 186-191.
  • Keteletas, Jane, 84.
  • Keyes, Miss, 18.
  • King, Rufus, 91.
  • King, Mrs. Rufus, 92.
  • Kinnersley, Ebenezer, 106.
  • Kissam, 82.
  • Knight’s Wharf, 28, 38, 39.
  • Knox, General, 66, 222.
  • Knox, Mrs. General, 77, 92.
  • Knyphausen, General, 38.
  • Kuhn, Dr. Adam, 103, 153.

L.

  • Lafayette, Marquis de, 142, 144.
  • Lardner, Lynford, 203.
  • Lardner, Richard Penn, 203, 204.
  • Lawrence, Becky, 223.
  • Lawrence, Colonel Elisha, 58.
  • Lea, Dr. Isaac, 174.
  • Lea, Henry C., 174.
  • Leather Apron Society, 100.
  • Lee, General Charles, 61.
  • Leidy, Joseph, 145.
  • Levy, Hettie, 211.
  • Levy, Samson, 211.
  • Lewis, Lawrence, Jr., 44.
  • Lewis, Morgan, 83.
  • Lewis, William D., 172.
  • Livingston, Mrs. Robert R., 85.
  • Livingston, Mrs. Walter, 92.
  • Lloyd, 200.
  • Logan, Deborah, 9.
  • Logan, James, 183, 184.
  • Lynch, Mrs. Dominick, 83.

M.

  • Macomb’s House occupied by President Washington, 67.
  • Madison, James, 12, 75, 130, 165.
  • Marbois, Barbé-, 75.
  • Markoe, Miss, 94, 215.
  • Maxwell, Mrs. James Homer, 83.
  • M’Call, 200, 214, 228.
  • McIlvaine, 200, 228.
  • McKean, Henry Pratt, 111.
  • McKean, Sally, 77, 226, 228.
  • McLane, Captain Allan, 51.
  • McMaster, John Bach, 99.
  • McMichael, Morton, 172.
  • McMurtrie, 216.
  • McPherson, 216.
  • Meade, 216.
  • Meigs, Dr. Charles D., 174.
  • Meredith, Samuel, 216.
  • Meredith, William M., 173.
  • Meschianza, 23-64.
  • Michaux, André, 107, 115.
  • Mifflin, Elizabeth, 149.
  • Mifflin, John, 149.
  • Mitchell, Dr. John K., 174.
  • Mitchell, Maria, 139.
  • Montgomery, 82, 216.
  • More, Chief Justice Nicholas, 190.
  • Morgan, Dr. John, 19.
  • Morgan, Mrs. John, 18.
  • Morray, Humphrey, 154.
  • Morris, Robert, 91, 205.
  • Morris, Mrs. Robert, 13, 63, 91, 214.
  • Montrésor, Colonel, 49, 56.
  • Moustier, Comte de, 74, 75, 81.

N.

  • Neilson, 229.
  • New York Balls and Receptions, 65-96.
  • Nixon, 216.
  • Norris, Deborah, 10.

O.

P.

  • Paca, Mrs. William, 217.
  • Page, 229.
  • Parton, James, 99, 106, 128.
  • Patterson, Dr. Robert, 129.
  • Patterson, Dr. Robert M., 100, 101, 162, 173.
  • Peale, Charles Willson, 111, 136-139.
  • Peale, Franklin, 129, 137.
  • Pegg’s Run, 29.
  • Pemberton, 200.
  • Penington, Edward, 60.
  • Penn, Governor John, 216.
  • Penn, Hannah, 183.
  • Penn, Letitia, 181, 184.
  • Penn, Thomas, 201.
  • Penn, William, 178, 181.
  • Penn, William, Jr., 180.
  • Penrose, Boies, 154.
  • Peter, William, 170.
  • Peters, Judge Richard, 11, 117, 129, 166.
  • Peters, Richard, 200-202.
  • Philadelphia Dancing Assemblies, 197-229.
  • Philipse, 82.
  • Philipse, Miss, 73.
  • Plumsted, 229.
  • Pool’s Bridge, 28, 39.
  • Powel, Mrs. Samuel, 225.
  • Priestley, Rev. Joseph, 116, 117.
  • Provoost, Mrs. Samuel, 83.

R.

  • Randolph, 229.
  • Rawdon, Lord, 38, 71, 72.
  • Rawle, William, 122, 155.
  • Read, Sarah, 185.
  • Redman, Dr. John, 57.
  • Redman, Nancy, 42.
  • Redman, Rebecca, 43, 57, 58.
  • Reed, William B., 170.
  • Riché, Polly, 210, 223.
  • Rittenhouse, David, 112, 131, 215.
  • Roberdeau, 18.
  • Robinson, Moncure, 174.
  • Robinson, Mrs. William T., 67-69.
  • Ross, 216, 227.
  • Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 129, 132, 153, 158.
  • Rutherfurd, 82.

S.

  • Saxe-Weimar, Duke of, 165, 167.
  • Schuyler, Madame Philip, 18.
  • Schweinitz, Rev. Lewis D. de, 130.
  • Sedgwick, Mrs. Theodore, 226.
  • Sergeant, John, 173.
  • Serra, Abbé Correa de, 117, 138, 152.
  • Shewell, Betty, 120. (Mrs. Benjamin West.)
  • Shippen, Chief Justice Edward, 44, 205.
  • Shippen, Joseph, 49, 214.
  • Shippen, Peggy, 33, 42, 63, 194, 223.
  • Shippen, William, 154.
  • Shipton, Betty, 19.
  • Short, William, 117, 165.
  • Simcoe, Major, 223.
  • Sims, 216.
  • Smith, Abigail, 191. (Mrs. John Adams.)
  • Smith, Williamina, 43, 56, 226.
  • Smythe, Hon. Lionel, 74.
  • Sneyd, Honora, 30.
  • Somerville, Mary, 139.
  • Southgate, Eliza, 14, 18, 20.
  • Sparks, Jared, 100.
  • Stamper, Mollie, 211.
  • State in Schuylkill, 11.
  • Steuben, Baron, 81.
  • Steward, Lieutenant-Colonel Jack, 61.
  • Stewart, Mrs. Walter, 226.
  • Stirling, Lady, 83.
  • Stoddert, Major, 9.
  • Stone, Colonel William Leet, 79.
  • Strickland, William, 117.
  • Swanwick, John M. P., 94, 215.
  • Swift, Charles, 223.
  • Swift, John, 203, 214.