309 Bleecker Street] "where Thomas Paine resided, and frequently in fair weather saw him sitting at the south window of the first-story room of that house.

The sash was raised, and a small table or stand was placed before him with an open book upon it which he appeared to be reading.

He had his spectacles on, his left elbow rested upon the table or stand, and his chin rested between thumb and fingers of his hand; his right hand lay upon his book, and a decanter next his book or beyond it.

I never saw Thomas Paine at any other place or in any other position." In this house Paine was at one time desperately ill.

It was said that the collapse was partly due to his too sudden abstinence from stimulants.