The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… Philadelphia Dancing Assembly records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Am.3075 folio, 1772 and 1785. Image ‘Young Martha and George Washington’, Library of Congress, Popular and applied graphic art prints, PAGA 7, no. 3431, 1904. Image The Subscribers of the City Dancing Assembly’, United States Gazette … desideratum. Founded in 1749, the Assembly thrived, even into the early Federal period. Rules governing all aspects of participation, including the dancing itself, sustained the Assembly’s role in determining class status and creating social …
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