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with him. He then surprised me more 

 than ever, by opening a fresh scene of 

 distress to me, which I felt sorry for. 



From the many civilities I had received 

 in the town of Baltimore, I began to have 

 a respect for it ; and General Washington 

 having in a most friendly manner given 

 me his opinion of the whole country, 

 so that I might know how to situate my- 

 self, he had told me Baltimore was and 

 would be the risingest town in America, 

 except the federal city. But there being 

 many things previously necessary, to make 

 the produce get conveyed to the federal 

 city, that now in greatest part goes to Bal- 

 timore such as navigable cuts, turnpike- 

 roads, &c. I had made up my mind to 

 settle near to Baltimore ; thinking that as 

 I was in America, and had got a large sub- 

 scription to my intended treatise, a farm 

 would employ my family, and improve my 

 own ideas. I knew that situation was a 

 great point in any place ; and especially 

 where labour is so high, and indeed, in 



