ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. 



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 1776 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- 



