[73] The Rev. Thomas C. Oliver, born and raised in Salem, N.J., says that the work of the Underground Railroad was going on before he was born, (1818) and continued until the time of the War. Mr. Oliver was raised in the family of Thomas Clement, a member of the Society of Friends. He graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1856. As a youth he began to take part in rescues. Although seventy-five years old when visited by the author, he was vigorous in body and mind, and seemed to have a remarkably clear memory. [74] L. Maria Child, _Life of Isaac T. Hopper_, p. 316. [75] _History of Florence, Mass._, p. 131, Charles A. Sheffeld, Editor. [76] The Underground Road was active in New York City at a much earlier date certainly than Lossing gives. He says, "After the Fugitive Slave Law, the Underground Railroad was established, and the city of New York became one of the most important stations on the road." _History of New York_, Vol. II, p. 655. [77] Letter of Mrs. Susan L. Crane, Elmira, Sept. 14, 1896. Mrs. Crane's father, Mr. Jervis Langdon, was active in underground work at Elmira, and had a trusted co-laborer in John W. Jones, who still lives in Elmira. [78] Conversation with Professor Orton, Ohio State University, Columbus, O., 1893. [79] For cases of arrivals of escaped slaves over some of the western New York branches, see _Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad_, by Eber M. Pettit, 1879. These sketches were first published in the _Fredonia Censor_, the series closing Nov. 18, 1868.