Author
Simon, Abraham
Date13 August, 1775
ms number775463
abstractSimon writes to Wheelock expressing his gratitude and telling of his
experiences as a soldier working in a field hospital in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
handwritingHandwriting is clear and legible.
paperLarge sheet folded into four pages is in poor condition, with
heavy yellowing, creasing and wear that occasionally obscures text. Aging
repair
work is discolored and somewhat obscures text.
inkBlack ink is heavily faded in spots.
noteworthyAn editor, likely 19th-century, has added the note "Abm Simons Indian" to one verso, and “Indian Soldier at
Roxbury Ms” to two verso.
layoutThe first page of the letter is on one recto, but the second
page of the letter is on two recto, not one verso.
Roxbury. Auguſt
13th 1775
Rev.d Sir
as I have had and often been favoured with your kindneſses and good conduct towards me I think I should not Pay you the Gratitude
that I owe you if I did not mention it in my writing
Tho I do not think that ever I shall be able to Pay you or make returns
for them
Sir I can aſſure you all tho I did not mention them I have had them Still in my Mind
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as I have had some Diſſopointments in the word and am some thing Poor all that I can do is to not forget them but
remember them and hope and wiſh for your We^a^lth and Proſſperity and I think ^I^ do as far as I know my ſelf both to you and your Family I want to come and ſee you all but I cannot tell at Preſent when I can ſo I muſt
haſten and give my account where I have Lived
since since Since
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Since I left
Dartmouth I was Round about Laſt Summer and
Did not get much untell
Fowler went to
Dartmouth and then I took
the School which h
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it till sometime
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I ſent Down for my Money and I could
not get it from the
Boſton Board
ſo
I was oblige to brak
[gap: tear][guess: e]
[gap: tear]up School upon
the Account the Indians wanted me
to keep
Longer but I thought it would
not do
Then theſe
Liſting
[gap: tear][guess: or]ders came out
and I was ſo
Foolliſh as to Inliſt
myſelf in the Service and am now
att
Roxbury in one of the Hoſpital
Taking Care of the Sick and very bad
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ſeem to Chuſe me
I nothing strange
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[illegible]ite only now and
then we have had the Bullits and
Bums flying over our Heads and the
Small Pox got amongſt us sometime
ago