Samuel Niles and Edward Deake, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 January 15
Date15 January, 1767
ms number767115.1
abstractNiles and Deake write to thank Wheelock for admitting Niles’s (spiritual) son, Toby, to his school and for his educational efforts.
handwritingClear and formal handwriting is the same as on 765566.1, 767552, 767559, 767562.2, 767630.2, 767660.2, and possibly 767231 and 767251. It is likely that of Edward Deake, schoolmaster at Charlestown.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light creasing, yellowing and wear.
inkBlack-brown.
noteworthyWhen Niles, a preacher, refers to Toby as his son, he is speaking in the spiritual sense; Tobias Shattock's actual father was John Shattock, Sr. On two verso, in the address, the word “Indus” is Latin for “within."
Modernized Version Deletions removed; additions added in; modern spelling and capitalization added; unfamiliar abbreviations expanded.