ABSTRACT
FROM 1854 TO 1858 SAN FRANCISCANS ENJOYED SATIRICAL LETTERS ABOUT New York City from the Daily Alta California’s “Lady Correspondent.” Witty and opinionated, the “Lady Correspondent” advertised her varied literary talents:
Has no objection to writing bogus book notices for publishers…is perfectly willing to write immoral articles for Sunday papers…would also sit as a ‘notorious criminal’ for a pictorial, and write a memoir to suit the expression of countenance.
