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PRIVATE MEMOIRS.
[1824.
man suted and obtained judgment against me for my board, (at
Utica,) and immediately took out an execution for debt and
costs, amounting in all to some hundreds of dollars, I do not
know how many. It was sufficient, however, to ruin me, with
other debts which were now pressed for, and which had been
incrrred by me in procuring my academical as well as professional
education. My stock of goods was seized by the sheriff,
and to prevent a still greater sacrifice, by having them sold at
public outcry, I disposed of them at much less than cost, to
Mr. De Zeng, and realized money enough to satisfy the execution
in favor of J. E. Hinman; and immediately notified
my creditors in New York of my situation, promising' to pay
every cent as soon as I might be able. Some mischievous persons,
however, taking advantage of circumstances, had been to
the trouble to circulate false reports of me in New York, and
my creditors there refused to show me any lenity. I placec(
myself on the defensive, however, as well as I could, and finally,
after a good deal of trouble, succeeced in effecting a satisfactory
compromise. [I subsequently paid every dollar.] Finding
I had little prospect of success in my profession in Chenango
county, I had in the mean time concluded to go to Harper's
Ferry, where I understood there was a good opening for a physician,
and to prosecute my profession there. At Philadelphia,
however, I was arrested by one of my creditors, and gave up
my watch and the last dollar I had in the world but twenty, to
satisfy his claim. Unable to prosecute my journey, and knowing
I had not a single friend at Harper's Ferry, I concluded to
try my profession in the city of "Brotherly Love,," where I
had made some acquaintances and friends. But after trying a
few months I found I was not making expenses, and I then
again had recourse to teaching for support. After teaching
about half a year I had an offer (1824) to go to South America,
(Venezuela,) from Mr. Lowry, the American Consul fobr Laguayra,
and in the fall of 1824 I sailed for that port in the brig
"Coulter." I remained in Venezuela, residing partly at Laguayra,
and partly at Caracas, until June 1826, when I returned
in the same vessel to Philadelphia. Having now succeeded
in getting a few hundred dollars ahead, I resolved to
take a course of lectures, anmdfinish my professional studies and
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Jones, Anson. Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author, book, January 1, 1859; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2391/m1/10/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.