98 THE MORGAN HORSE 



colt, the Justin Morgan horse. He never heard of the Figure horse; 

 never heard that Justin Morgan owned or handled more than one 

 horse in Vermont ; deems it impossible that he should have had two 

 stallions in 1793 or 1794, when his (Charles') father was seven or 

 eight years old, and the latter never mention the fact in any of the 

 numerous talks and discussions listened to by Charles, who never un- 

 til this morning heard the idea suggested. Charles says Justin Mor- 

 gan left no son except Justin, Jr., who was twelve years old at his 

 father's death, and lived thereafter, until his majority, with one Car- 

 penter on the farm, about three miles from Randolph Center, on 

 which Justin Morgan died. Justin, Jr., was, as is Charles, a remark- 

 ably methodical man, who kept everything in black and white, and 

 Justin Morgan, Sr., probably did likewise, as he was ready with the 

 pen and was chosen town clerk; but Charles has no idea where any 

 book kept by his grandfather could now be found, except the family 

 record in the old Bible, which he thinks is in the hands of J. B. Rog- 

 ers, Binghamton, New York. He has seen that record, which was 

 fully and carefully made in the hand of Justin Morgan himself. Jus- 

 tin Morgan, Jr., had two sisters, but Charles thinks that, if there were 

 any books or papers, they would probably have been left at the old 

 place with the son, and Charles never knew of his father's having 

 any such, and, if he had, thinks he would have produced and referred 

 to them, in his lifetime, concerning these questions, which became im- 

 portant in his day, and which he was very frequently called upon to 

 elucidate. He thinks Justin Morgan died very poor, but says his 

 gravestone is yet to be seen in the cemetery at Randolph Center, with 

 date of death still legible". 



We find in Spooner's " Vermont Journal", published at Wind- 

 sor, Vermont, the two following advertisements : 



" Will cover this season at Captain Elias Bissell's stable in Randolph 

 and at Captain Josiah Cleveland's stable in Lebanon, the famous 

 Figure horse from Hartford, Connecticut, at fifteen shillings for the 

 season, if paid down, or eighteen shillings if paid in the fall, in cash 

 or grain at cash prices. Said horse's beauty, strength and activ- 

 ity the subscriber flatters himself the curious will be best satisfied to 

 come and see. Said horse will be in Lebanon the second Monday 

 in May next, there to continue two weeks and then to return to Ran- 

 dolph, so to continue at said Cleveland's and Bissell's, two weeks at 

 each place, through the season. JUSTIN MORGAN. 



Randolph, April 8, 1793 ". 



"The beautiful horse, Figure, will cover this season at the mod- 

 erate price of one dollar the single leap, two dollars the season, if paid 



