Saratoga Springs (as a North American iteration of spa sociability) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… of amusement and gentility amidst ‘Grecian’ or a type of Palladian surroundings, best associated in the cultural associations of British colonists and later, young Americans, with Bath. 3 . For a discussion of the perspectives of … and Putnam’s Union Hotel. Saratoga won that rivalry, in no small part due to troubles with the springs in Ballston. The association with Bath remained strong. In 1805, Elkanah Watson observed in his journal that ‘Saratoga is proving a …
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