which he expresses them, may make the modern reader smile, but it is a
smile which is very close to a tear. Thus, when in England--where he
died in 1772--he would not ride nor send a letter by mail-coach,
because the poor post-boys were compelled to ride long stages in winter
nights, and were sometimes frozen to death. "So great is the hurry in
the spirit of this world that, in aiming to do business quickly and to
gain wealth, the creation at this day doth loudly groan." Again,
having reflected that war was caused by luxury in dress, etc., the use
of dyed garments grew uneasy to him, and he got and wore a hat of the
natural color of the fur. "In attending meetings this singularity was
a trial to me, . . . and some Friends, who knew not from what motives I
wore it, grew shy of me. . . . Those who spoke with me I generally
informed, in a few words, that I believed my wearing it was not in my
own will."



1. _Representative American Orations_. Edited by Alexander Johnston.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1884.

2. _The Federalist_. New York: Charles Scribner. 1863.

3. _Notes on Virginia_. By Thomas Jefferson. Boston. 1829.

4. _Travels in New England and New York_. By Timothy Dwight. New
Haven. 1821.

5. _McFingal_: in Trumbull's Poetical Works. Hartford. 1820.

6. Joel Barlow's _Hasty Pudding_. Francis Hopkinson's _Modern