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November 9, 1818
Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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On November 1 in Washington, pedestrians mixed summer and winter clothing amid rapidly shifting weather from spring-like morning to frosty night, as reported in the Washington City Gazette.
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THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER
The male and female pedestrians on the Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday, (Sunday) presented a novelty of costume, not of various nations, but of different seasons. At the same moment you might behold the light fantastic robes of summer in company with the sombre habiliments of winter, in the same groupe, forming a diversity of dress, not exceeded in the throngs of St. Petersburgh, where the inhabitants of the arctic and tropic mingle together. The air of the morning was as gentle as spring, about noon fully as pleasant as summer, in the afternoon as boisterous as the autumnal blast, and at night we were visited with a slight frost. Such is the caprice of the weather, and such is the variety of climates we have to contend with in this quarter; moderate enough to refresh you in the morning, sweat you at noon, chill you in the evening, and freeze you at night. Milton surely had some such temperature in view when he represented the punishment of the wicked to consist of the extremes of alternate and sudden heat and cold.
[Washington City Gazette, Nov. 2.]
The male and female pedestrians on the Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday, (Sunday) presented a novelty of costume, not of various nations, but of different seasons. At the same moment you might behold the light fantastic robes of summer in company with the sombre habiliments of winter, in the same groupe, forming a diversity of dress, not exceeded in the throngs of St. Petersburgh, where the inhabitants of the arctic and tropic mingle together. The air of the morning was as gentle as spring, about noon fully as pleasant as summer, in the afternoon as boisterous as the autumnal blast, and at night we were visited with a slight frost. Such is the caprice of the weather, and such is the variety of climates we have to contend with in this quarter; moderate enough to refresh you in the morning, sweat you at noon, chill you in the evening, and freeze you at night. Milton surely had some such temperature in view when he represented the punishment of the wicked to consist of the extremes of alternate and sudden heat and cold.
[Washington City Gazette, Nov. 2.]
What sub-type of article is it?
Weather
What keywords are associated?
Washington Weather
November Temperature
Seasonal Clothing
Variable Climate
Where did it happen?
Washington
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Washington
Event Date
The First Of November
Event Details
Pedestrians on Pennsylvania avenue presented a novelty of costume mixing summer and winter attire due to the day's weather: gentle spring-like morning air, pleasant summer noon, boisterous autumnal afternoon blast, and slight frost at night.