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In the year 1823 my father’s family met with a great
aaffliction by the
death of my eldest brother,
bAlvin. In the month of October, 1825, I hired with an old gentleman
by
the name of Josiah Stoal, who lived in Chenango county, State of New
York. He had heard something of a silver mine having been opened
by
the Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehanna county, State of Pennsylvania;
and had, previous to my hiring to him, been digging, in order, if
possible, to discover the mine. After I went to live with him, he took
me, with the rest of his hands, to dig for the silver mine, at which I
continued to work for nearly a month, without success in our
undertaking, and finally I prevailed with the old gentleman to cease
digging after it. Hence arose the very prevalent story of my having
been a money-digger.
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