Among the noted guests who made either regular or occasional visits to Doctor Wistar's house, as the circumstances of their being or not being residents of the city permitted, may be mentioned the great naturalist, Baron von Humboldt, and the botanist Bonpland, who visited Philadelphia in 1804, Captain Riley of Arab fame, the witty Abbé Correa de Serra, John Vaughan, Samuel Breck, Doctor Benjamin Rush, Chief Justice Tilghman, John Heckewelder, the Moravian missionary, Peter Du Ponceau, and a host of other celebrities whose names are a sufficient guarantee of the brilliance of these gatherings.

225 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET REYNOLDS-DUNKIN-MORRIS

LMOST the only one of the really notable old houses in the city that has not in some way been abandoned to business purposes or at last made into a lodging house for immigrants is the Morris House at 225 South Eighth Street. Built in Flemish bond of alternating red stretcher and black header bricks, the doorway set between delicately fluted and quilled pilasters is surmounted by a pediment of excellent proportions and chaste design, while on one of the narrow double doors a brass nameplate bears the name of Morris, the letters of which have been almost obliterated by brass polish and the elbow-grease bestowed by generations of housemaids. On each side of the door are two windows, while on the second and third floors are ranges of five windows, all with small panes and broad sash-bars. To the front wall is affixed the old Contributionship insurance badge.

The lock inside the door is massive enough for a gaol and the key looks as though it might belong to the Tower of London. Straight through the house runs a hallway to a door opposite the entrance, opening into a garden full of box-bushes and rose trees and old-fashioned flowers. It is a veritable oasis in the surrounding desert of city bricks and mortar. To the right of the door, on entering, is the parlour; to the left, the library, and back

of that the dining-room, while to the rear of the diningroom, in an ell extension, are the kitchens.

The house was built in 1786 by John Reynolds, was sold in course of time by the sheriff to Ann Dunkin, and finally was purchased from her in 1817 by Luke Wistar Morris, the son of Captain Samuel Morris, since which time it has passed by inheritance from one occupant to another until it has come to the present owner, Mrs. Israel Wistar Morris. The Morris family in all its branches seems always to have possessed the fortunate habit of never throwing anything away and, at the same time, the equally happy attribute of keeping everything in order. Consequently one might say that the house is a veritable museum of Wistar and Morris heirlooms. Every bit of old furniture and china has been carefully preserved and its history kept fresh at the same time. Among other cherished objects dutifully treasured there is the celebrated Tally-Ho punch-bowl, presented to Captain Samuel Morris by the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club.

The house in which Captain Samuel Morris lived at 65 South Second Street is still standing, but has been so altered for mercantile purposes that it seems better to speak of him in connexion with his son's house, which has remained, in every respect, characteristic of the life of Colonial and post-Colonial days, and where so many things connected with his personal use are preserved.

Captain Samuel Morris was a man of singularly amiable personality and one of the best-known and bestbeloved citizens of his generation. This was equally true of him in his public capacity and in his social relations. An excellent horseman, a keen sportsman delighting in