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came out healthy, and had a beautiful gloss, 
with shining faces and skins. 
“After the War of 1812-14 it was no longer 
profitable to make saltpetre at the Cave, on 
account of the importation of the East Indian 
article in the Hastern market, at rates much 
cheaper than it could be wagoned from the 
Cave. 
“When Messrs. Gratz & Wilkins ceased to 
make saltpetre, after having acquired sixteen 
hundred and ten acres of land over and around 
the Cave, they continued their faithful, true, 
and honest agent, Miller, to overlook and take 
care of the property and to show the Cave to 
the curious. About the year 18f6, Mr. Miller 
placed the Cave and other property in the 
possession of his brother-in-law, Mr. Moore, and 
his wife, both Lrish, of the old stock. Mr. Moore 
had been wealthy, and a large merchant in 
Philadelphia. Unfortunately, he was seduced 
into unlawful acts by Blennerhassett, the friend 
of Burr, and was pecuniarily ruined. The 
Moores left there some time afterward, when 
Gatewood took possession, and showed the 
Cave to all visitors for years; but it did not 
pay, and he left. 
“In 1837 I purchased the Cave and prop- 
