The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… a subscriber-only gathering. The new assembly’s gentility was recognized in England: Walter Ewer wrote in 1753 from London to cousin William Sword in Philadelphia to ask if William attended the Dancing Assembly, which Ewer had heard was … the Quaker City would be rationally regulated. Founders moderated the Philadelphia Assembly more strictly than those of London or Bath , governing its meetings, management, tickets, and more. Rules were occasionally reinforced, perhaps to … in 1763—advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette their connections to professional theatres , particularly those in London. Such claims might appeal to some clients, but would surely deeply offend those suspicious of the vices they saw …
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