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slept here!  Imagine John Todd, 1792 esquire, walking from an
upstairs bedroom to his first floor law office to start the
day's business. As he opens his blinds, he might see his
illustrious neighbor Bishop White returning from a morning
service. Or perhaps he glimpses patients entering world-renowned
neighbor Benjamin Rush's medical practice. Just a couple blocks
away, the federal government would be preparing for a session of
legislating at Congress Hall.  Todd's house, a solidly middle-
class dwelling furnished in muted Quaker fashion, revealed the
life station of a young lawyer whose star was in ascension.
Though he had wealthier neighbors such as Bishop White who built
elegant mansions, Todd had poorer neighbors too, living in
crowded, tiny two-story dwellings. In fact, an outline of a
privy which the Todds may have s