MEMOIRS 



GLOUCESTER FOX HUNTING CLUB. 



This pleasant association was composed of many high- 

 ly respectable gentlemen, resident chiefly in the city of 

 Philadelphia and partly in Gloucester County, New Jer- 

 sey, opposite the metropolis. 



It originated as most of these pleasurable Institutions 

 do, from accidental causes. The reciprocities of social 

 intercourse between the hospitable gentlemen of landed 

 property in the blessed retirement of a country life, and 

 the less secluded liberal minded friends, over the river, 

 confined to their respective vocations in the rising city 

 of Penn, laid the foundation of an association of the most 

 delightful character, and of considerable permanency. 



Visits and dinner parties were interchanged, and friend- 

 ships of an enduring nature arose, promotive of mutual 



