Mixed tale of poverty and reform in old New York
A dramatic vignettes of Annie Low and her mother seeking work and dignity in a harsh garret city life. Robert Southey, a visiting lawyer, helps uncover a lost will that changes their fortunes, exposing class tensions and family secrets amid a portrait of Eugenie Bartlett and a seedy shopkeeper.
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Papa
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Jim
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Eugenie
Guardntine
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Crandall
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Megad
England
Harry Bartlett
Sara
Eugene Bartlett
Annie Bartlett
Iugenie
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Proportion of illiteracy traced in New York and Virginia
An 1850 comparison shows illiteracy among whites in New York at 1 in 56 and in Virginia at 1 in 12 and a half, with 98,729 New Yorkers unable to read or write and 278,948 Virginians so hindered. The piece cites Governor Campbell and Knepper's Magazine, critiquing slavery and urging reform, while recounting anecdotes about public figures and local life on Long Island and in villages like Glen Cove.
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Helper
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North America
Campbell
O Quaxar
Optyron
Kne Rper
Society of Friends
Amon
Thomas Coles
Hig &Reat Amin
Tommy Cyip
Oles
Wes
Long Island
Glen Cove
Mary
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