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Show ' . , j T R A v E L s TLIROUO II T HF. STATES OF NOR1'I-I A M E R I C A. LETTER I. Arri1.-·a/ on the Coajl qf A t'lhTica.-Trces tbt! Jldl Objet! tz.JiJib!c.-Difcrip.-. t ion q/ tf,e Bay a11d Piver q/ Ddaware.-Pt~(j(:ugrrs bound for Phi!addJ'bia not ji1J~.,.ed to iand I ill examined by tbe llea!th Ojjiccrs.-.Arrival at PbiladeljJhl~l.-Poor Appearance if the Cityfi,.om the JYater.-Pitllz of tbt! City .-lf/fw,fs.-J>ublic and jJrivate Buildi11gs.-Some Account q/ the llqjjJI"tal, a11d o;· t!Je Gaol. MY DEAR SIR, Philadclpl1i:.t, No,•cmber, 179)· OUR pafEtge acrofs the AtLmtic was clif:1greeahle in the extreme. The weather for the moil part was bad, and calms and hca vy ad.vcrfe gales fo frequently retarded our progrcfs to the wefiward, that it was not until the fi(ty-ninth duy fi·orn that on which we left Ireland, th~t we diCcoverc:d the An1erican coafl. I 01all not attcn1pt to defcribe the joy which the fight of hnd, a fight that at once relieved the eye from the unintercf1in ?; and wearifome view of fky and water. and th:1t afi'l)rdcd to each individual a fpeedy profpeet of delivery frotn the narrow confines of a tina!] trading veficl, dilTuf~d amongfl: the paffcngcrs. You, who have yourfelf tnadc a long voyage, can beil: imagir1e what it mufi have hLen. 'fhc firfl obj ects whi h meet the eye on approaching the American co:lft, ll>Ltth of N cw York, arc the tope:; of trees, with \\·hich the nwrc is thickly covered to the very eclge of the water. rfh<.:fc, at a diftance, have the appearance of Ii11 cJJl iilands; but as you dra\1\' nearer th t;y arc n fecu |