Extract of a letter from Marietta: "The progress of the settlement is sufficiently rapid for the first year. We are continually erecting houses, but arrivals are faster than we can possibly provide convenient coverings. Our first ball was opened about the middle of December, at which were fifteen ladies as well accomplished in the manners of polite circles as any I have ever seen in the old states. I mention this to shew the progress of society in this new world, where I believe we shall vie with, if not excel, the old states in every accomplishment necessary to render life agreeable and happy."
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