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JACOB HODGES.
York by a British armed ship, and he
was cast upon shore, a destitute and
abandoned sailor. During his whole life
at sea he had not received the slightest
education, but grew more and more im¬
moral, till he was utterly unfitted for any
useful service on land where confidence
in his sobriety and integrity was de¬
manded.
Being dismissed from service, and des¬
titute of all means of support, his condition
was as deplorable and hopeless as can
well be imagined. How long he continued
in these unhappy circumstances is not
known. Being unable to procure any
steady employment, or secure any perma¬
nent residence, he wandered through the
country till he became settled in the
county of Orange, in the state of New
York.
He was now too old to receive the ad-
■vantages of education provided for the
poor at the public expense, and toe
ignorant and vicious to know its value.
Having cast aside all the restraints ?i