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harmony, and we meet at all places nearly the same company." A friend of Humphreys, who was now at Lisbon, writes to him, "You have never seen any thing like the frenzy which has seized upon the inhabitants here; they have been half mad ever since this city became the seat of government; and there is no limit to their prodigality, and, Ellsworth might say, profligacy. The probability is that some families will find they cannot support their dinners, suppers, and losses at loo, a great while; but generally I believe the sharp citizens manage to make the temporary residents pay the bills, one way or another. There have been a good many dehghtful parties, and I have been at Chew's, McKean's, Clymer's, Dallas's, Bingham's, and a dozen other houses lately. Among your more particular friends there is more quiet and comfort, and it is not impossible that the most truly respectable people are least heard of."

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