CANANDAIGUA. ^>0 



LETTER XII. 



Canandaigua, June, 1620. 

 My bear 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, My- 

 ron, Holly, a most indefatigable and eminent 

 member of the canal board — Nathaniel Howell 



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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 th* 

 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. 



