Saratoga Springs (as a North American iteration of spa sociability) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… with over four hundred visitors at Berkeley Springs during his visit in September 1775, including a ‘splendid ball’, card games, as well as rather amusements outdoors. 9 He also, as did other travellers such as Elizabeth Drinker 10 or … for their patrons, while others endeavoured to open libraries and reading rooms. Some efforts were made to use place cards to arrange diners in an orderly fashion, or at least to avoid the kind of chaos in seeking the choicest seats often …
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