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On
this
place
we
continued
to
reside
until
1834
.
In
the
winter
season
I
had
numerous
calls
to
play
on
the
violin
.
Wherever
the
young
people
assembled
to
dance
,
I
was
almost
invariably
there
.
Throughout
the
surrounding
villages
my
fiddle
was
notorious
.
Anne
,
also
,
during
her
long
residence
at
the
Eagle
Tavern
,
had
become
somewhat
famous
as
a
cook
.
During
court
weeks
,
and
on
public
occasions
,
she
was
employed
at
high
wages
in
the
kitchen
at
Sherrill
's
Coffee
House
.
We
always
returned
home
from
the
performance
of
these
services
with
money
in
our
pockets
;
so
that
,
with
fiddling
,
cooking
,
and
farming
,
we
soon
found
ourselves
in
the
possession
of
abundance
,
and
,
in
fact
,
leading
a
happy
and
prosperous
life
.
Well
,
indeed
,
would
it
have
been
for
us
had
we
remained
on
the
farm
at
Kingsbury
;
but
the
time
came
when
the
next
step
was
to
be
taken
towards
the
cruel
destiny
that
awaited
me
.
In
March
,
1834
,
we
removed
to
Saratoga
Springs
.
We
occupied
a
house
belonging
to
Daniel
O'Brien
,
on
the
north
side
of
Washington
street
.
At
that
time
Isaac
Taylor
kept
a
large
boarding
house
,
known
as
Washington
Hall
,
at
the
north
end
of
Broadway
.
He
employed
me
to
drive
a
hack
,
in
which
capacity
I
worked
for
him
two
years
.
After
this
time
I
was
generally
employed
through
the
visiting
season
,
as
also
was
Anne
,
in
the
United
States
Hotel
,
and
other
public
houses
of
the
place
.
In
winter
seasons
I
relied
upon
my
violin
,
though
during
the
construction
of
the
Troy
and
Saratoga
railroad
,
I
performed
many
hard
days
'
labor
upon
it
.
I
was
in
the
habit
,
at
Saratoga
,
of
purchasing
articles
necessary
for
my
family
at
the
stores
of
Mr.
Cephas
Parker
and
Mr.
William
Perry
,
gentlemen
towards
whom
,
for
many
acts
of
kindness
,
I
entertained
feelings
of
strong
regard
.
It
was
for
this
reason
that
,
twelve
years
afterwards
,
I
caused
to
be
directed
to
them
the
letter
,
which
is
hereinafter
inserted
,
and
which
was
the
means
,
in
the
hands
of
Mr.
Northup
,
of
my
fortunate
deliverance
.
While
living
at
the
United
States
Hotel
,
I
frequently
met
with
slaves
,
who
had
accompanied
their
masters
from
the
South
.
They
were
always
well
dressed
and
well
provided
for
,
leading
apparently
an
easy
life
,
with
but
few
of
its
ordinary
troubles
to
perplex
them
.
Many
times
they
entered
into
conversation
with
me
on
the
subject
of
Slavery
.
Almost
uniformly
I
found
they
cherished
a
secret
desire
for
liberty
.
Some
of
them
expressed
the
most
ardent
anxiety
to
escape
,
and
consulted
me
on
the
best
method
of
effecting
it
.
The
fear
of
punishment
,
however
,
which
they
knew
was
certain
to
attend
their
re-capture
and
return
,
in
all
cases
proved
sufficient
to
deter
them
from
the
experiment
.
Having
all
my
life
breathed
the
free
air
of
the
North
,
and
conscious
that
I
possessed
the
same
feelings
and
affections
that
find
a
place
in
the
white
man
's
breast
;
conscious
,
moreover
,
of
an
intelligence
equal
to
that
of
some
men
,
at
least
,
with
a
fairer
skin
,
I
was
too
ignorant
,
perhaps
too
independent
,
to
conceive
how
any
one
could
be
content
to
live
in
the
abject
condition
of
a
slave
.
I
could
not
comprehend
the
justice
of
that
law
,
or
that
religion
,
which
upholds
or
recognizes
the
principle
of
Slavery
;
and
never
once
,
I
am
proud
to
say
,
did
I
fail
to
counsel
any
one
who
came
to
me
,
to
watch
his
opportunity
,
and
strike
for
freedom
.
I
continued
to
reside
at
Saratoga
until
the
spring
of
1841
.
The
flattering
anticipations
which
,
seven
years
before
,
had
seduced
us
from
the
quiet
farm-house
,
on
the
east
side
of
the
Hudson
,
had
not
been
realized
.
Though
always
in
comfortable
circumstances
,
we
had
not
prospered
.
The
society
and
associations
at
that
world-renowned
watering
place
,
were
not
calculated
to
preserve
the
simple
habits
of
industry
and
economy
to
which
I
had
been
accustomed
,
but
,
on
the
contrary
,
to
substitute
others
in
their
stead
,
tending
to
shiftlessness
and
extravagance
.
At
this
time
we
were
the
parents
of
three
children
--
Elizabeth
,
Margaret
,
and
Alonzo
.
Elizabeth
,
the
eldest
,
was
in
her
tenth
year
;
Margaret
was
two
years
younger
,
and
little
Alonzo
had
just
passed
his
fifth
birth-day
.
They
filled
our
house
with
gladness
.
Their
young
voices
were
music
in
our
ears
.
Many
an
airy
castle
did
their
mother
and
myself
build
for
the
little
innocents
.
When
not
at
labor
I
was
always
walking
with
them
,
clad
in
their
best
attire
,
through
the
streets
and
groves
of
Saratoga
.
Their
presence
was
my
delight
;
and
I
clasped
them
to
my
bosom
with
as
warm
and
tender
love
as
if
their
clouded
skins
had
been
as
white
as
snow
.
