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Kitty Duer; Mrs. Peter Van Brugh Livingston, who was a sister of the late Lord Stirling, Mrs. Montgomery, widow of the hero of Quebec, Lady Christiana Griffin, Lady Temple, the Marchioness de Brehan, Madame de la Forest, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Jay, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Provoost, wife of Bishop Provoost, Mrs. Duane, wife of the Mayor, Mrs. Dalton, wife of a senator from Massachusetts, Mrs. Langdon, wife of a senator from New Hampshire, Mrs. Dominick Lynch, Mrs. Elbridge Gerry, Mrs. William S. Smith, Mrs. James H. Maxwell, Mrs. Beekman, Mrs. Robinson, the Misses Livingston, the Misses Bayard, and Miss Van Zandt. The President danced during the evening in the cotillion with Mrs. Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Mrs. Maxwell, and with the latter in a minuet. He had repeatedly danced with Mrs. Maxwell, then Miss Van Zandt, while the headquarters of the army were at Morristown.

On this occasion an agreeable surprise was prepared by the managers for every woman who attended. A sufficient number of fans had been made for the purpose in Paris, the ivory frames of which displayed, as they were opened, between the hinges and the elegant paper covering, an extremely well executed medallion portrait of Washington, in profile, and a page was appointed to present one, with the compliments of the managers, as each couple passed the receiver of the tickets.

Mr. Jefferson, to illustrate "the frenzy which prevailed in New York on the opening of the new government," gives an account of this ball, on the authority of a "Mr. Brown," He says: "At the first public ball which took place after the President's arrival there, Colonel Humphreys, Colonel William S. Smith, and Mrs. Knox, were to arrange the ceremonials. These arrangements were as follows: a sofa at the head of the room, raised on several steps, whereon the President and Mrs. Washington were to be