C. Thomson came in, and soon after Dr. Smith,
the famous Dr. Smith, the provost of the college.... We then
went to return visits to the gentlemen who had visited us.
We visited a Mr. Cadwallader, a gentleman of large fortune,
a grand and elegant house and furniture. We then visited Mr.
Powell, another splendid seat. We then visited the gentlemen
from South Carolina, and, about twelve, were introduced to
Mr. Galloway, the speaker of the House in Pennsylvania. We
dined at Friend Collins' ... with Governor Hopkins, Governor
Ward, Mr. Galloway, Mr. Rhoades, etc. In the evening all the
gentlemen of the Congress who were arrived in town, met at
Smith's, the new city tavern, and spent the evening
together. Twenty-five members were come. Virginia, North
Carolina, Maryland, and the city of New York were not
arrived.

"2, Friday. Dined at Mr. Thomas Mifflin's with Mr. Lynch,
Mr. Middleton, and the two Rutledges with their ladies....
We were very sociable and happy. After coffee we went to the
tavern, where we were introduced to Peyton Randolph,
Esquire, speaker of Virginia, Colonel Harrison, Richard
Henry Lee, Esquire, and Colonel Bland.... These gentlemen
from Virginia appear to be the most spirited and consistent
of any. Harrison said he would have come on foot rather than
not come. Bland said he would have gone, upon this occasion,
if it had been to Jericho.

"3, Saturday. Breakfasted at Dr. Shippen's; Dr. Witherspoon
was there. Col. R. H. Lee lodges there; he is a masterly
man.... We went with Mr. William Barrell to his store, and
drank punch, and ate dried smoked sprats with him; read the
papers and our letters from Boston; dined with Mr. Joseph
Reed, the lawyer; ... spent the evening at Mr. Mifflin's,
with Lee and Harrison from Virginia, the two Rutledges, Dr.
Witherspoon, Dr. Shippen, Dr. Steptoe, and another
gentleman; an elegant supper, and we drank sentiments till
eleven o'clock. Lee and Harrison were very high. Lee had
dined with Mr. Dickinson, and drank Burgundy the whole
afternoon."[106]

Accordingly, at 10 o'clock on Monday morning, the 5th of September,
when the delegates assembled at their rendezvous, the city tavern, and
marched together through the streets to Carpenters' Hall, for most of
them the stiffness of a first introductio