20 TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AMERICA ; 
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LETTER IL 
Population of Philadelphia.—Some Account of 
the Inhabitants , their Character and JMan¬ 
ners. — Private Amusements-. — Americans 
lose their Teeth prematurely.—Theatrical 
Amusements only permitted of late. — Quakers . 
—Presidents Levee and Drawing Room.—* 
Places of public Worship.—Carriages, what 
sort of used in Philadelphia. — Taverns , how 
conducted in America.—-Difficulty of procur¬ 
ing servants.—Character of the lower Classes 
of People in America. 
MY DEAR SIR,, Philadelphia, November. 
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PHILADELPHIA, according to the census 
taken in the year 1790, contained 42,000 
people. From the natural increase, however, 
of population, and the influx of strangers, the 
number is supposed now to be near 50,000, 
notwithstanding the ravages of the yellow 
fever in 1793, which svrept off 4,000 people. 
The inhabitants consist of English, Irish, 
Scotch, Germans, French, and of American 
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born citizens, descended from people of these^ 
different nations, who are of course by far the 
most numerous class. The inhabitants are 
for the most part engaged in some sort of 
business ; a few, and a few only, live with** 
