24 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



CHAPTER II. 



ENLARGING BUSINESS — ATTACHMENT TO THE HORSE — VISITS TO BATA- 

 VIA OF RAREY AND HAMILTON — MY OWN SYSTEM — GOING BEFORE 

 THE PUBLIC — EARLY SUCCESSES. 



Having now made myself a home and feeling 

 permanently settled, I desired to still further 

 increase my business, but finding my capital 

 somewhat too limited for the amount I wished 

 to transact, I sought assistance from an esteemed 

 friend, Elandus Dotey, Esq., banker. The aid 

 I souorht was QTiven with a cheerfulness that 

 added to its value, and enabled me to carry into 

 execution the plans which I had formed. The 

 accommodations I received frequently amounted 

 to from ten thousand to twenty-five thousand 

 dollars, thus placing ample means in my hands 

 for extended operations and enabling me to do 

 a large and remunerative business in which I 

 continued up to the year eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-seven. 



