...(29 September 1774) (FL32) I shall be killed with kindness in this place. We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy, till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with business, company,...

...typical delegate's day in the urbane city of Philadelphia: "We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay until three in the afternoon; then, we adjourn, and...nobles of Pennsylvania at four o'clock and feast upon a thousand delicacies, and sit drinking madeira, claret, and Burgundy until six or seven and then go...

...than in Boston, at present. I shall be killed with kindness in this place. We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy, till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with business, company,...

...jealous of each other — fearful, timid, skittish. . . . [29 September 1774] We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy, till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with business, company,...

...of Philadelphia. His way of life is described in a letter to his wife: " We go to congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with business, company,...

...described for his wife a typical day in the Congress: work hard from nine to three, and then "go to dinner with some of the nobles of Pennsylvania at four o'clock and feast on ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, claret and burgundy 'til six or seven." In their...