Went to the
Pantheon, which is a large Oval Room, with Gallery's at sides, and in many
apartments on the same Floor with the Gallery is for various uses, the Dome of
the Grand Room is very spacious and finely lit from above when closed, and when
lit for the Evenings entertainment it requires 16 Thousand Lamps to light it in
a proper manner above and below. Underneath are Tables and Seats for six
thousand People. who may be served with Tea Coffee and Chocolate, Cold Meats
&c.
The same day went to
Mr. Coxe's Museum, which is a wonderful piece of Mechanism and of the Richest
nature, many of the pieces composed of fine Paste with rich Stones of different
sorts and some Jewels.
SOURCE: New York
Historical Society, Publisher, Collections of the New York Historical
Society for the Year 1883: The Kemble Papers, Vol. 1 1773-1789, p. 11
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