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the material used being mostly a species | the material used being mostly a species of free stone of a light drab colour - They do not possess the white marble or beautiful bricks of Baltimore but their buildings evince | ||
of free stone of a light drab colour - They | private taste & a pervading public esprit. The Bumet house is a magnificent hotel of Palladian architecture - adorned with the finest mirrors, gilding, marble pavements & | ||
do not possess the white marble or beautiful | finest furniture. The accomodations are excellent I should have preferred for comfort the less ostentatious "Inn". Prosperity and progress are everywhere evident & the long line of steam boats & piles of merchandise on the levee , the bustle of passing crowds, the whizz and whirr of factories and the elegant stores, bank buildings & public halls give token of a brilliant future to the Queen city of the West.- To Wm. F. [[unclear]] Mr Ste[[erasure]] grandson of [[unclear]] Longworth I am indebted for kindness - altho not very intimate with Mr & Mrs Dale of Baltimore I met them with great pleasure accidentally at the hotel - In the midst of strangers & a strange city one grasps the hand of a fellow citizen with peculiar | ||
bricks of Baltimore but their buildings evince | tenacity - May 14- Left Cincinnati on the Ben Franklin, a "crack boat"-- & arrived in Louisville by 10 1/2 but remained on board until the morning - Old gentleman | ||
private taste & a | |||
The Bumet | |||
of Palladian architecture - adorned with the | |||
finest mirrors, gilding, marble pavements & | |||
finest furniture. The accomodations | |||
are excellent I should have preferred for | |||
comfort the less ostentatious "Inn". Prosperity | |||
and progress are everywhere evident & | |||
passing crowds, the whizz and whirr of | |||
& public halls give token of a brilliant | |||
future to the Queen city of the West.- | |||
To Wm. F. [unclear | |||
Longworth I am indebted for kindness - altho | |||
not very intimate with Mr & Mrs Dale of | |||
Baltimore I met them with great pleasure | |||
accidentally at the hotel - In the midst | |||
of strangers & a strange city one grasps | |||
the hand of a fellow citizen with peculiar | |||
tenacity - May 14- Left | |||
in Louisville by 10 1/2 but remained on | |||
board until the morning - Old gentleman | |||
Latest revision as of 22:52, 12 October 2020
the material used being mostly a species of free stone of a light drab colour - They do not possess the white marble or beautiful bricks of Baltimore but their buildings evince private taste & a pervading public esprit. The Bumet house is a magnificent hotel of Palladian architecture - adorned with the finest mirrors, gilding, marble pavements & finest furniture. The accomodations are excellent I should have preferred for comfort the less ostentatious "Inn". Prosperity and progress are everywhere evident & the long line of steam boats & piles of merchandise on the levee , the bustle of passing crowds, the whizz and whirr of factories and the elegant stores, bank buildings & public halls give token of a brilliant future to the Queen city of the West.- To Wm. F. unclear Mr Steerasure grandson of unclear Longworth I am indebted for kindness - altho not very intimate with Mr & Mrs Dale of Baltimore I met them with great pleasure accidentally at the hotel - In the midst of strangers & a strange city one grasps the hand of a fellow citizen with peculiar tenacity - May 14- Left Cincinnati on the Ben Franklin, a "crack boat"-- & arrived in Louisville by 10 1/2 but remained on board until the morning - Old gentleman