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LETTER XIi: 



Canandaigua, June, 1820. 

 My dear Sir, 



I HAVE met in this place with many gentlemen 

 of high standing and distinguished talents. Per- 

 haps no village in America can boast of a bright- 

 er constellation. Here are Gideon Granger, IVi} - 

 ron, Holly, a most indefatigable and eminent 

 member of the canal board — Nathaniel Howel) ^ 

 chief justice of the county — John Greig, an emi- 

 grant from Scotland' — several clergymen, physi- 

 cians, barristers, farmers, merchants, &;c. who are 

 all distinguished as men of information and pub- 

 lic spirit. The gentlemen whom I have mention- 

 ed by name are men of uncommon endowments 

 and high acquirements ; and you can never rise 

 from their communion, without increasing your 

 stock of useful information. Hospitality is the 

 order of the day in this village. The ladies are 

 elegant in their manners and appearance, and 

 converse well and with great facility. 



I have been in other places of a different des- 

 cription, where a cold and icy distance prevails, 

 and where hospitality is arrayed in frowns. This 

 difference of manners must arise from the influence 



