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them can do the mile in two minutes thirty 

 seconds. 



After dinner Mr Cadwallader sent me in 

 his carriage to Mr Tyson's, where I met Mr 

 Cope and other Friends, and passed the even- 

 ing. 



Next morning, July 1st, I breakfasted with 

 the Secretary of the Antiquarian Society of 

 Philadelphia a singular personage now near- 

 ly ninety years of age, yet hale and strong in 

 body, and entire and vigorous in intellect ; he 

 is an enthusiast in antiquarian research, and 

 showed me many documents upon which great 

 value is placed particularly the original draft 

 of the Deed of Independence in 177^, with 

 the corrections, erasures, and additions that 

 were made upon it, in the course of its mo- 

 mentous discussion. I regretted that I was 

 not sufficiently versed in antiquarian lore, ful- 

 ly to enjoy what to many a one would have 

 proved a rich treat. 



I this day took leave of Philadelphia, the 

 metropolis of Pennsylvania, a country which 

 only 200 years ago a short period in the his- 



