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18                Juvenile Letters. 

lodged at Mr. A_______'s, an excellent house. 
I was captivated with the landlady.  She ap-peared so sociable and familiar with me, that I asked papa, where she had seen us before, for I did not recollect her countenance.  This made some diversion for papa and the good lady, who were really strangers to each other.  Providence is a large handsome town in Rhode-Island state, containing about seven thousand inhabitants.  Some of the churches are very el-egant ; and one of the steeples the handsomest 
I ever saw.  The College is commodiously sit-uated on a hill.  
  From Providence we passed on through ma-
ny pleasant towns, such as Norwich, New-Lon-
don, Saybrook, &c.  At New-Haven we made 
a short tarry, which I wished had been much longer ; for it is a delightful place.  We vis-ited the College Library, Museum, and many other places, the particulars of which I have not room to enumerate.  
  At New-Haven, we took the packet for 
this city. I was not used to failing, and 
of course was a little sick; but I endeavoured              
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to bear it with fortitude, and make as little trouble as possible. Our passage was rather long, but, on the whole, a pleasant one. We 
have been here five days ; and I have spent 
much of my time in rambling about the city, 
and spying out the curiosities. I am highly delighted with New-York. The buildings are 
far superior to those of Boston, and the streets wider and better paved. Broad-way is con-
sidered the most elegant. It really excited 
my admiration. But it will not do for me, 
who have seen so little of the world, to make comparisons. I have reason to speak well of 
the people, as far as I know them ; for they have treated me with great kindness.
 The last Sabbath, I attended worship in one 
of the largest meeting houses in the city ; and heard the Rev. Dr.------ preach. The audi-
ence was very numerous ; and I was struck with their solemnity. The sermon was a very 
serious one, and, according to my judgment, delivered remarkably well. The subject was 
the importance of early piety ; and the speak-
er addressed the youth in a most feeling man-
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