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persons buried here are Philip Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, Bishops Wainright and Onderdonk, Madame Jumel, the last
wife of Aaron Burr, Audubon, and John Jacob Astor. President Monroe was
buried here, but his remains were removed to Richmond, Virginia, in 1859.

XXVI. THE CLUBS.

With respect to the number and attractiveness of its clubs, New York bids
fair to rival London. They embrace associations for almost every
purpose, and are more or less successful according to their means and the
object in view. Those for social enjoyment and intercourse are the most
popular, and the best known. They are composed principally of men of
fashion and wealth, and occupy some of the most elegant mansions in the
city.

The best known are the Century, No. 109 East Fifteenth street; Manhattan,
corner of Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street; Union League, corner of
Madison avenue and Twenty-sixth street; Union, corner of Twenty-first
street and Fifth avenue; Travellers', No. 222 Fifth avenue; Eclectic,
corner of Twenty-sixth street and Fifth avenue; City, No. 31 East
Seventeenth street; Harmonie, Forty-second street, west of Fifth avenue;
Allemania, No. 18 East Sixteenth street; American Jockey Club, corner of
Madison avenue and Twenty-seventh street; and New York Yacht Club,
club-house on Staten Island.

The location of these clubs is very desirable. They are all in the most
fashionable quarter of the city, and their houses are in keeping with
their surroundings. They are elegantly furnished, and often contain
valuable and beautiful works of art. Some are owned by the associations
occupying them; others are rented at prices varying from $8000 to $20,000
per annum. The initiation fees range from $50 to $150, and the annual
dues from $50 to $100. The number of members varies from 300 to 800, but
in the best organizations the object is to avoid a large membership.
Great care is taken in the investigation of the history of applicants for
membership, and none but persons of good reputation are admitted. In the
most exclusive, one adverse ballot in ten is sufficient to negative an
application for membership.

By the payment of the sums named above, members have all the benefits of
an elegant private hotel at a moderate cost, and are sure of enjoying the
privacy which is so agreeable to cultivated tastes. They have constant
opportunities of meeting with friends, an