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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 to Juvenile Letters. 19 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- ner ;
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Amending places where medial S letter has been mistaken for letter f. Noting that the medial S and f letters look different even in original text, so it seems inappropriate to transcribe the medial S using the letter f.