The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… Museum and Library, A 828 L. Image ‘Philadelphia Assembly tickets’, Philadelphia Dancing Assembly records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Am.3075 folio, 1772 and 1785. Image ‘Young Martha and George Washington’, Library of Congress, … British North America—followed English patterns of sociability in order to distinguish themselves in colonial society and to mix in British circles. Refinement of one’s person, and opportunities to display this in select groups, … within the colonies and beyond. Of this, the city’s established and aspiring elites were well aware. 2 1 . Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) Cadwalader Collection, ‘Genealogical History of Thomas Willing’, (n.d.); Richard Bushman, …
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