I
[illegible]On the
7 of Septr
7
^I Red from you^ the vote of y
e
Honle
Commiſsioners
Reſpecting
Samſon
Occum
ſignifying
their
[guess: Judination] that the S
d
Samſon (upon the de
ſire
& Motion of y
e
Revd
Mr Pemberton of
N York)
^their [guess: Judination] that He^
ſhould go on a Miſsion to
Suſquehana
& offi
ciate as a Catechiſt, & that They have voted
him after the Rate of Twenty pounds Ster
ng
p Annum & are Pleaſed to Deſire My opinion
Reſpecting Their votes. I take leave to Inform
you That
Samſon when he was laſt here
intimated his deſire to Marry a woman at
Mantauk. I
deſirdadviſd him
heto
muſt be Cautious in
Chooſing a wife leſt he ſhould
be intangled
^Put him ſelf^ in
ſuch
Circumſtances as Might Render him leſs
able to anſwer the deſign of his Education
for it being uncertain where the
Commiſsioners would
[illegible]Imploy him. he ſaid his Marrying there
would not prevent his Readineſs to go where
the
Commiſioners
ſhould
pleaſe to
Employ
^send^ him
Either on the
Iſland or the Main. I am not
ſo acquainted with the Proſpect of his doing
ſervice at
Suſquehana as to be able to Judge
whether
it be beſt to adviſe to his going there
^be adviſable I know not [illegible][guess: but]^. The Sallery may at Preſent be Sufficient
[illegible]to Support
[illegible]Him. In theſe
[illegible]Things I beg to be Excuſed from
^offerg my^ advice.
ing I
only
deſired
^only^ to know what the Plea
ſure of the
Commiſsioners was that I might
be able to direct him ſo long as They Tho't fit
to give him their orders Thro My hands.—