David Avery, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 July 30
Date30 July, 1768
ms number768430
abstractAvery updates Wheelock on the progress of his mission.
handwritingHandwriting is formal and clear.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear.
inkBrown ink is lightly faded in spots.
noteworthyA note, likely 20th-century, has been added under the trailer on two verso. This note has not been included in the transcription.
Persistent Identifier
Canawarohare
July 30. 1768.
Rev.d
&
Hon.d Doctor,
The number of scholars eſta‐blish'd by the chiefs, is, in general, keptgood— sometimes there some
wanting, and again, more than the number attend.
Their Vagrant manner of life calls off the largeſt of wthe School perpetually to hunt and get neceſ‐saries to subſiſt upon — all things considered, the children learn as faſt as might be expected— the catechiſing
exerciſes are kept up— & when the people are at home they give at‐
‐tendance —
Geographica
claſsica is very handy—and has aſsiſted much in giving a few of my friends an Idea of the Journeyings of the
children of Israel— imagine if a few more could be
procured would be of advantage to the miſsionaries and schoolmaſters in general—
Beg a continued intereſt in the Doctor's prayers— and am with much Duty and Reverence,—
Revd and Hon.d Doctor,
Your moſt
obedient and
very humble
servant
David Avery
Rev,d
D,r
Wheelock
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