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from Ireland. As soon as the vessel arrived, he came to seek me; I went with him for his things; but passengers and all were gone. His wages were small, not enough to make him comfortable: and, had not a friend given him a home, he would again have been dependent on my exertions; another friend took Lucy, with whom she stayed eleven months. She lived in different families until she was about twelve years old; I then put her in the Rev. Mr. Mann’s family, at Westminster, for a certain time, thinking it would be best for her; and John I left to fight his own battles. My sister Silvia, was one of my greatest trials. Knowing she was in Boston, my mother, in one of her spells of insanity, got away from her home and travelled to Boston after her; she came where I lived, my employers were very kind to her, she tarried a few days, when I hired a horse and chaise and took them both back to Salem, and returned to my place in 1822, with a determination to do something for myself; I left my place after three months, and went to learn a trade; and after seven years of anxiety and toil, I made up my mind to leave my country. September 1st, 1823, Mr. Prince arrived from Russia. Februrary 15th, 1824, we were married. April 14th, we embarked on board the Romulus, captain Epes Sargent commander, bound for