High Life in New York A series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, Justice of the Peace, and Deacon of the church over to Weathersfield in the state of Connecticut

LETTER XVI.

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In which Jonathan shows up the Hardships of Sewing Girls--Describes a Tammany Hall Ball--Milliner Aristocracy and Exclusiveness--Informs the reader how Miss Josephine Burgess took a tall man with whiskers into her Establishment, who took her in in return--The desperation of a little Apothecary--His Marriage, and the Ascent of Miss Josephine Burgess from the front store to a work room a little higher up 156