White, Stephen 46
Whiting, Samuel 32
Wright, Fanny 56




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NEW-ENGLAND SUNDAY.


SEEING in an old paper that General Washington was stopped by a
"tythingman" in Connecticut in 1789 for the "crime" of riding on Sunday, we
were naturally led to think about the "Sabbath question," as it is
sometimes called. We find the account referred to in the "Columbian
Centinel" for December, 1789.

THE _PRESIDENT_ AND THE _TYTHINGMAN_.

The President, on his return to New-York from his late tour,
through Connecticut, having missed his way on Saturday, was
obliged to ride a few miles on Sunday morning, in order to gain
the town, at which he had previously proposed to have attended
divine service.--Before he arrived, however, he was met by a
Tythingman, who commanding him to stop, demanded the occasion of
his riding; and it was not until the President had informed him
of every circumstance, and promised to go no further than the
town intended, that the Tythingman would permit him to proceed on
his journey.