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 XXIV.

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Description of Cousin Jason's Equipage--Figure cut by Mrs. Jason Slick and her Daughter--Manners of a Noble Lord--The Dinner--Jason boasts of his Birth, Heraldry, and Coat of Arms--Jonathan creates great Consternation by proclaiming the Head of the Family as a Shoemaker--Makes a Speech 224