“While he greatly admired the orderliness of lower Manhattan’s layout and the grandeur of its best buildings, he found its inhabitants overbearing: “With all the Opulence and Splendor of this City, there is… no Conversation that is agreeable. There is no Modesty—No Attention to one another. They talk very loud, very fast, and all together. If they ask you a Question, before you can utter 3 Words of your Answer, they will break out upon you, again—and talk away.”