Chapter 2

TRAVELING IN "YE OLDEN TIME." Travel by Stage and Steamboat--Boston to Providence--The Old Town of Providence--The Long Island Sound Steamers--New York City--New York to Philadelphia--Philadelphia to Washington--Washington Hotel Life--Expenses of Living--The Metropolis of the Union--The National Capital--Works of Art--The Rotunda--Free-Masonry--The Morgan Excitement--Theatrical--Division of the Friends' Society.