Samson Occom, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1761 June 24
Date24 June, 1761
ms number761374
abstractOccom reports from New York that collections were taken and recommendations written in support of his mission.
handwritingHandwriting is slanting and somewhat crowded, but largely clear and legible
paperTwo large sheets are in fair condition, with moderate creasing, staining and wear.
inkDark brown.
noteworthyThe year of the letter is catalogued as June 1761, but the trailer gives a date of 1762.
EventsOccom’s First Mission to the Oneidas
Persistent Identifier
New York
June ye 24: [gap: tear][guess: 1761]
Revd Sir
We reach'd
New York
ye
15 Inſt, and to my
Surprize, the Genltemen had Concluded, not Send me at all, and all the Reaſon that they Can give is, they are affrai[illegible: [guess: r]]d, the Indians will kill me, I told them, they Cou'd not kill ^me^ but once, and told them I intended to
Proceed on my Journey, and if I Periſh for want of Support, I Periſh,—But I intended to uſe your Money Sir, that David has with
him; and when they Perceiv'd my Reſolutions, they Emediately
Conſulted the matter, and Concluded, that I Shoud go, and ^a^ Collection
Shou'd be made for me, and Recommendations Shou'd bye Sendt by me to Genl
Amhurſt and to Sir William
And the whole Matter is Acompliſh'd to my Surprize
beyound all my expectations, The Laſt Sabbath after the after Noon Service was over, at Mr
Boſtweck's Congregation, they made a Collection for
me and my Family's Support, and it munted to £60:ſ15:d7 and Monday Evening the Baptiſts made a Collection for me at their Meeting Houſe, and it mounted to £13:0:0— And ^my^ Recommendations are done by the Moſt Noted Gentlemen of this Place, not only to the genrals, but to other genn of their Aquantance, from this City to the further moſt
Engliſh Settlements,— the People are uncommonly kind to us in this great City;— But we live ^in ye Suburbs^ with one
obediah Wells and old Diſciple — I am invited to
the City Every Day to Dine with Some
gentleman or other; Som times Two or three Invitations at once,
Eſpiceally the Miniſter, of all Sects and Denomina^tions^ are Extreamly Kind to me,— Yeſteday
^3 o'c PM^ I was Intro to wait upon his Honor, Colden
Preſident and Commander in Chief in ^the^
Province of N:York, and wiſh'd me Good Succees and Gave me ^good^ advice and Counſil, —I believe tomorrow Morning we Shall out from here on our way
to Onoyda,
Pleaſe to remember us ^in^ your Fatherly Prays Continually, Except Duty, and Sutable Regards to the Family from
Your Moſt
obediant Indian Son,
—Samſon Occom The Revd
Mr
Wheelock
The Letters that I have to the Genrals are Sign'd by The Hon.le
Wm Smith Esqr
Revd
[illegible]David Boſtwick
Mr
PVB
Livingſton
Mr David Vanhorne
Will.m Livingston Esqr
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