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Country, nor provision for the old and In- 

 digent. Indeed, I know no situation of 

 life a man can be subjected to in England 

 which can be much bettered in America : 

 and it is ten times worse for ladies ; for all 

 the servants I saw whilst I lived there, 

 were more troublesome in their attendance 

 than thev were worth. I have been at a 

 gentleman's house, near Philadelphia, for 

 fourteen days together, when he has not had 

 less than eight servants in and about his re- 

 sidence, and yet cleaned his own boots every 

 morning. His reason was, he could not 

 get them cleaned in a manner fit to be seen. 

 His wife prepared breakfast, and cooked 

 dinner. He was an Englishman, employ- 

 ing in shipments, when he first went over, a 

 property of sixty thousand pounds. This 

 gentleman, hearing of the advantages to be 

 found in America, had quitted London with 

 two brothers : but he told me that he had 

 reduced this large sum to two thousand 

 pounds, by trade in Philadelphia, in a few 

 years. His first misfortune was occasioned 



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