Excerpt from Mary White Mrs. Robert Morris: An Address Delivered

After the alliance with France, this country was visited by many Frenchmen of distinction, diplomats, officers, and citi zens, and all of them brought letters of introduction to Mr. Morris, who was esteemed the representative man of the city. From many of these foreigners we have published accounts of their travels, and from them gain vivid pictures of society in Philadelphia and other cities. There were Le Marquis de Chastellux, l'abbé Robin, Citizen Mazzei, Le Prince de Broglie, Le Chevalier de la Luzerne, and many others The first of these, who was here m 1780, in speaking of Mr. Mor ris says Mr. Morris is a large man, very simple in his manners, but his mind is subtle and acute, his head perfectly well organized, and he is as well versed in public affairs as in his own His house is handsome, resembling perfectly the houses in London. He lives there without ostentation, but not without expense, for he spares nothing which can contribute to his happiness and that of Mrs. Morris, to whom he is much attached. In another place, in describing an entertainment at the Chevalier de la Luzerne's, he says On passing into the dining-room, the Chevalier de la Ln zerne presented his hand to Mrs. Morris, and gave her the precedence, an honor pretty generally bestowed on her.

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