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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Travels in Some Parts of North America

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tained, there was every kind of vegetables and
fruit common in the cities of America; such
as pease, beans, cabbages, asparagus, melons,
peaches, &c. At dinner, amongst other things, a
quarter of roasted lamb was served up; a thing
hardly to have been expected at an Indian table.

2d Month, 10th.

This morning I visited S. B.
at his office in the Treasury, of which he is the
head clerk. From the Treasury I was kindly
conducted by J. P. to his mother's, who was
then resident with her son-in-law, J. M.

the pre-
sent Secretary of State to the United States. I
spent a little time pleasantly with the Secretary,
who was confined to his house, by a hurt he had
received upon his knee; and although pretty much
a stranger in the family, I received a kind invita-
tion to call at his house, whenever business might
lead me to Washington city.

As I had never seen Thomas Jefferson

, the
President of the United States, this hospitable
family offered to introduce me to him, and the
Secretary's brother-in-law accompanied me to the
President's house, where I was received by him
with a shake by the hand, as though we had been
old acquaintance; and immediately he entered into
conversation with as much freedom as if we had
been long known to each other. After sitting a