Jacob Woolley, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1763 October 21
Date21 October, 1763
Call Number763571.2
abstractWoolley writes that he is going away from School not for good, but to pay a debt he owes for liquor.
handwritingHandwriting is formal and clear.
paperLong thin piece of paper folded in half is in good condition, with light-to-moderate creasing, staining and wear. There is a cluster of pin-type holes on the central crease.
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These are to inform you
that I leave not your House in any Paſsion or Influence of Drink
but I go away in cool Spirit; neither intending wholly to
forsake your House only for a time, how long I cannot tell,
but I beleive no longer than two Weeks. The Reaſon of my Goi=
=ng away is this, I owe M:r Clark something for Liquors which
I beleive you would not be willing to answer, & I know not
how to discharge the Debt any other Ways. I would not
have you concerned about my Going off, for I know too well
the sad Consequences your School wou'd suffer by it. But as
to the other Difficulty attending me, I will promiſe (divine
Grace aſsiſting me) that I will keep my self clear from
Drink, so that you, nor your School, shall receive
any Hurt from that Quarter. No more at present but I
remain
that I leave not your House in any Paſsion or Influence of Drink
but I go away in cool Spirit; neither intending wholly to
forsake your House only for a time, how long I cannot tell,
but I beleive no longer than two Weeks. The Reaſon of my Goi=
=ng away is this, I owe M:r Clark something for Liquors which
I beleive you would not be willing to answer, & I know not
how to discharge the Debt any other Ways. I would not
have you concerned about my Going off, for I know too well
the sad Consequences your School wou'd suffer by it. But as
to the other Difficulty attending me, I will promiſe (divine
Grace aſsiſting me) that I will keep my self clear from
Drink, so that you, nor your School, shall receive
any Hurt from that Quarter. No more at present but I
remain
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