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Vision Card Read

The document is an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's autobiography describing his arrival in Philadelphia as a 17-year-old. It details his walk through the city where he encountered Mr. Reed's daughter and thought he looked awkward. He joined a group going to a Quaker meeting where he fell asleep. A kind man helped him find lodging and food, though the innkeeper was suspicious of him due to his youth. He slept soundly and later observed the muddy streets of the growing city.

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Vision Card Read

The document is an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's autobiography describing his arrival in Philadelphia as a 17-year-old. It details his walk through the city where he encountered Mr. Reed's daughter and thought he looked awkward. He joined a group going to a Quaker meeting where he fell asleep. A kind man helped him find lodging and food, though the innkeeper was suspicious of him due to his youth. He slept soundly and later observed the muddy streets of the growing city.

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READING

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Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passinS by the
house ofMr. Reed. my furu.e wite s farher. She. sbnding al lhe d6r,
sw me ind thouAbl I made a ncrawlward apFarance, as I cetuinly
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By this time the street had many clean and well dressed
people in it, all walking the same way. I
joined
them
rnd was led into the great meeting house oI the Quakers.
did. Then I tu.ned a.d *ent down Chestnut Stret aDd a p.rt of
Walnut Street, and found myselfaAain ar the ehari &ina filled wirh
one of my rolb, I
tave
the other two to a womsn &nd he. child.
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I sat down among them and after looking around a
while and hearing nothing said, I fell fast asleep. This
was the first. house I was in, or slept in, in Philadelphia.
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Looking in the faces of people, I met a
young
man whose countenance I liked, and asked if he
would tell me where a stranger could get lodging.
"Here",
said he, "is one place that entertains
strangers, but it is not a reputable house. If thee wilt walk with me, I will show thee a better."
He brought, me then to a place in Water Street, where I engaged a room and got
dinner.
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While I was eating it several sly questions were asked me, as it seemed to
be suspected from my youth and appearance that I might be some run-
away. After dinner, my sleepiness returned,.and being shown to a bed, I
lay down without undressing and slept soundly till six in the evening.
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Our city, though laid out with beautiful regularity, the
streets crossing each other at right angles, had the disgrace
of allowing those streets to remain long unpaved. The
wheels of heavy carriages plowed
them into a quagmire.
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I saw the
people wading in the mud while
purchasing their provisions.
A strip of
ground
down the middle of the market was at length
paved with brick, so that they had firm footing.
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designated distance in inches.
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