▁to ▁ty ps et ▁for ▁a ▁week ly ▁paper ▁published ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁in ▁O sw ego , ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁a ▁printing ▁office ▁while ▁attended ▁school ▁at ▁the ▁C az en ov ia ▁Sem inary ▁in ▁C az en ov ia , ▁New ▁York . ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 8 4 3 , ▁the ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁farm ▁in ▁Jackson ▁County , ▁Michigan , ▁where ▁My rick ' s ▁father ▁died ▁that ▁September . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁to ▁ 1 8 4 7 , ▁My rick ▁continued ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁printing , ▁first ▁in ▁Jackson ▁County , ▁then ▁returning ▁to ▁New ▁York , ▁to ▁Alb any ▁( where ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁Arg us ), ▁Sy rac use , ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁and ▁finally ▁in ▁the ▁government ▁printing ▁office ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁While ▁employed ▁in ▁Washington , ▁My rick ▁" s aw ▁John ▁Qu in cy ▁Adams ▁as ▁he ▁lay ▁dying ▁on ▁a ▁cot ▁in ▁the ▁speaker ' s ▁room ". ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 8 , ▁My rick ▁returned ▁to ▁Michigan ▁and ▁read ▁law ▁in ▁the ▁law ▁office ▁of ▁Fr ink ▁& ▁Bla ir . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁deput y ▁county ▁cl erk ▁of ▁Jackson ▁County , ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁Michigan ▁Supreme ▁Court , ▁when ▁it ▁sat ▁in ▁that ▁county . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 0 , ▁he ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁bar , ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁summer ▁he ▁worked ▁for ▁governor ▁William ▁H .