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I am a native of _____, in the United States of America. My ancestors / migrated from England in the reign of Charles II.; and my grandfather / was not undistinguished in the War of Independence. My family, / therefore, enjoyed a somewhat high social position in right of birth; / and being also opulent, they were considered disqualified for the public / service. My father once ran for Congress, but was signally defeated by / his tailor. After that event he interfered little in politics, and lived / much in his library. I was the eldest of three sons, and sent at the age / of sixteen to the old country, partly to complete my literary education, / partly to commence my commercial training in a mercantile firm at / Liverpool. My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left / well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for / a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory / wanderer over the face of the earth.
In the year 18__, happening to be in _____, I was invited by a / professional engineer, with whom I had made acquaintance, to visit the / recesses of the ________ mine, upon which he was employed.