LETTER XXVI.

Departure from Philadelphia—A Communicative Yankee—Trenton—The
Mansion of Joseph Bonaparte—Scenes of Brainerd's Labours One Hundred
Years ago—First Impressions of New York—150, Nassau-street—Private
Lodgings—Literary Society—American Lodging houses—A Lecture on
Astronomy—The "Negro Pew" in Dr. Patton's Church