Samson Occom, Journal Fragment
Author
Occom, Samson
DateUnknown
ms number003217
abstractFragment of a journal describes Occom's travels along the Connecticut
coast and Long Island.
handwritingHandwriting is clear and legible.
paperSingle small sheet folded into four pages is in fair-to-poor
condition, with heavy creasing, staining and wear. Wear in the upper outside
corners results in some loss of text.
inkBrown ink is faded in spots.
noteworthyThere are red pencil marks on two verso. An editor, likely
19th-century, has underlined portions of the text in black ink and, on two
verso,
added the note:
/ If common year, 1 day of January
1758
was Sunday.. Then 1749, 1769, and 1775
If leap year, then Saturday 1st
January:
and year was 1780.. (
[illegible] likely)
the reverend from
Montauk to
Mohegan in 1764 - 1765.
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Montauk May the
4th
[gap: worn_edge]
a few of us set out from
Montauk to visit our Brethren
at
Mystic, and got So far
Hay ground at Night,
[illegible][guess: Fri]day Morning set out
from
hayground, and got
So
far to
[illegible][guess: one]
Homans, Saturday
from Thence and got to
Mys‐tic about Noon and found
our Brethren generally well
etc. — and had a Meeting
with them at Night — But
nothing Special appeared — at
that — Sabbath May
[illegible][guess: the] 7
held a meeting with them
again all Day But
nothing very remarka‐
ble
[gap: tear][guess: yet] they were very at
[illegible][guess: t]entive to hear the
very
word — Monday May the
8 we Came away, and
had a Short Meeting at
Mr. Henry Haven's, and
the People seemed to attend
with good attention, — and
from thence we went to
Moriches,^ and had
meeting at
Ben‐
Castles Wigwam, and in
the morning May the 9
we set out from thence to‐
wards home and to So far
as
Shinnecock, and had
a meeting there with
the Indians, but nothing re‐
markable appeared
a‐
mongst them — Wednesday
may the 10 we set out
from there and got
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