How glad should I be to see y
o, but I patiently wait 'till God has
done w.
th
y.
o where y
o are — The imprudent Letters w.
h
paſs'd between y
o
&
M.r
E–s have occasioned Me much trouble, &
seemd for a while as tho' they would unhinge
y.
e whole affair — I Charitably believe he ment no more than to pursue
y.
e Plan laid by our
Board of Com̅iſsioners before y
o
saild, & to take y.
t advan
=tage of trade w.
h somebody must have upon that Plan, & why not he as well
as another? yet y.
e Letters as they appeared were shocking indeed. I knew nothing
of them till I had y
e
Copie of them by
M.r Keen, w.
th advice y.
t my Bill in fav.
r of
M.r Breed was protested, on y.
t
acco.
t — I had no other Refuge but God alone
it occasioned me a long,
tedious, &
fruitleſs Journey to
Portsmouth, before I had
recover'd from a fit of sickneſs so as to be able to ride 20 miles in a day. but
God has helped me thro' all, &
y.
e Cause has not suffered greatly by it, on this
Side y.
e Water — But I suspect there is yet some Jealousies remaining in y.
e minds of y
e
Gentlemen of ye Trust, which it concerns y
o fully to remove —
M.r
E–s wrote
M.r Whitefield
y.
t
w.
h I hoped would be satiſfactory but have never heard
whether it reach'd him —
M.r Keen writes me y.
t it is generally understood &
y.
t
y.
o have declared y.
t
y.e Trust have right to pay or protest Bills as they shall
think
advisable; but I presume y.
o
ha'n't well digested y.
t Matter; because y
o
ha'n't had y.
e Experience w.
h I had very timeously had of y.
e Danger, &
Risque
upon y.
e Plan, nor do I know who y.
o find willing to be an Agent on y.
s side y.
e Water, upon y.
t Plan, so long as his own Intrest is pawn'd to defray
all Charges — The
Gentlemen of ye Trust
shewed a laudable, & truly christian
Integrity towards y.
e Redeemers cause as y
e matter appeared to them — I never
blam'd them so much as in a tho't, tho' I was myself so great, &
y.
e only sufferer —
But I can aſsure
y.
o I did not always feal as I should, while I was expecting y.
e protested Bill, &
tho't on all y
e consequences w.
h
woul likely ensue — The support
of y.
e
Miſs
[illegible][guess: res], who ask for no other Reward for their service, must be sure, — I think
y.
t
leſs than y.
t can't be right, nor pleasing to God; unleſs they were able & willing
to support themſelves — And I don't see how y.
e Affair can be accomodated without an
Incorporation, or at least a trust here. — I have been
turning my tho'ts, & weigh
=ing every Man within my acquaintance, & design soon to fix upon a num.
r
&
make a new Will, & submit
^it^ to y
e Censures of my hono.
d Patrons, y
e
Gentlemen of ye Trust
My son
Ralph after such a long & dark cloud as he has been under w.
th respect to his health,
has now
ye a prospect of enjoying y.
t
Bleſsing to a good Degree. He is in high spirits for Indian
affairs, he understands y
e
Buſineſs, & has a tallent at
Ggoverning Indians beyond any man
I can employ — I
don't know w.
t God intends for him, but at present he is a Comfort
& help to me. it may be he will be y.
e Man to conduct y
s affair when I have done, —
Indeed I know of no man
[illegible]at present who can do it better — but I wait upon God
to direct
& I love to wait, & hope,
[illegible]& trust in him alone — Your &
M.r Occoms Sons w.
th me are well,
y.
r Families were so not long ago. Give my love to
M.r Occom; I want to see him; does he keep
clear of y.
t Indian distemper
Pride. If y.
o see anything of it, advise him y.
t he had better have
a rattle-snake in his Bosom; I don't write y.
s because I suppose him worse than myself, but
because I have known so much
of the mischiefs of y.
t Evil, & know his temptations to be very
great — Oh! watch & pray — My dear Broth.
r I love y
o right well; & am
P.S. I trust y.
o will see my Letters here
with transmitted to
y.e trust
& to
M.r Whitefield. to w.
h I refer y.
o for intelligence. My Physicians say
I must soon quit all unleſs I will abate of my continual Labours.
But w.
t shall I do? I imploy one pen besides my own continually & sometimes two,
& have done so for ma
yny months.
Rev.
d
Doct.r Whitaker.