Soon after that pleasant journey he died, and passed from his labor to reward.
Buffalo was then, as now a great place for business.

Vessels from all parts of the country crowded the docks, and I then thought that it must in time become one of the largest cities in the Union.

After a pleasant visit with our people there, I returned to my home in Canandaigua, where I now began to feel quite settled.
I had been requested to act as agent for the "Anti-Slavery Standard," with which I complied, and leaving my daughter to teach the school, I spent the most of my time in traveling through the country to advance the interests of that paper.
When I returned from Buffalo, she was complaining of poor health, nor was it long before we saw that she was rapidly declining.
This beloved daughter, I had spared no pains nor money to educate and qualify for teaching.

I had encountered all the trials and difficulties that every colored man meets, in his exertions to educate his family.

I had experienced enough to make me fear that I should not always be able to get my children, into good schools, and therefore determined at whatever cost, to educate this child thoroughly, that she might be able, not only to provide for her own wants, but to teach her younger brothers and sisters, should they be deprived of the advantages of a good school.
Well had she rewarded my labor; well had she realized all my fondest hopes and expectations,--but alas! for human foresight and worldly wisdom! The accomplishments and qualifications of a teacher were attained; and proudly we looked for the achievement of our long-contemplated design.