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In the year 1823 my father’s family met with a great affliction by the
death of my eldest brother, Alvin. 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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