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 </seriesStmt> <notesStmt> <note type="abstract">Wheelock writes that a girl enslaved to his family is gravely ill. He doesn't know when he can come for Betty. Money matters. 1735 Nov 3. Lebanon Crank, a.l.s. 1p. </note> </notesStmt> <sourceDesc> <msDesc> <msIdentifier> <country>USA </country> <region>New Hampshire </region> <settlement>Hanover </settlement> <repository>Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. </repository> <collection>MS-1310: Eleazar Wheelock collection </collection> </msIdentifier> <msContents> <msItem> <title type="main">Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Stephen Williams, 3 November 1735 Wheelock, Eleazar

MS-1310: Eleazar Wheelock collection, Box 1, Folder 735603 Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.

The project to digitize the Enslavement Documents from the Wheelock Collection focuses not only on Wheelock’s role as a slave owner, but also documents his involvement with the institution of slavery as it existed in Colonial Connecticut. Slavery as an institution existed throughout colonial America, but its manifestations varied from region to region. This project attempts to cast light on Wheelock’s -- and Dartmouth’s -- roles in the institution of slavery, as well as bringing to light the lives of enslaved people represented in the collection and also providing additional materials to inform the scholarly study of slavery in New England.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) 3 November 1735 English Elizabeth Hadley Liz Shand Maninder Rakhra Maninder Rakhra Laura R. Braunstein Julia Levine Leb Lebanon . Crank Novr November 3d 3rd 1735. Revd Reverend & and Dr Dr. Sr Sir

Yrs Yours of 22d 22nd Octr October I Recd Received for wch which I thank you — was very Glad to Hear from you. & and yt that yr you are undr under So ComfortableCircumstances — yse these may inform you yt that we are all morning mourning our Negro Girl is undr under poor Circumſtances Circumstances I am afraid She won’t Live Long ye the means uſd used Don’t Seem at preſent present as tho though they wod would Effect a Cure (I Deſr desire to Submitt submit to ye the Determinations of heaven Concerning her-) I dont know when I ſhall shall Come for Betty we are not yet Got into our houſe house nor ſhall shall we very Speedily — I am afraid She is almoſt almost out ofpatience — I Shod Should be Glad if She were at home — if I Cod could tell how to Get her here — I am very sorry to hear of ye the unhappy Difficulty there is in yr your town but I beleive believe God dos does Governs ye the world and yt that and his Councils notwithſtanding notwithstanding all ye the Devices of mans hearts Shall Stand — when we Shall Send you more money — I want to know Mr Mr. B.s B's — inſide inside — you may Depend upon it we Shall do ye the beſt best we Can — I have had a fitt of ye the Spleen about it but am pretty well recoverd recovered — I am not without fears yt that ye the Concern among our people is much abated — I offer yr your prayers for ym them & and us wth with Sr Sir with only sincere Love & and Service to you & and yours and our love to Betty is all at preſent present form Revd Reverend FL Faithful

Yr Your affectionate Brother & and obliged Humble humble Servt servant Eleazr Wheelock Eleazar Wheelock

P.S I am Deſignd Designd Next Thursday to go down to ye the Naraganſet Naragansett to preach There ⁓ we have dependance dependence upon a Conſiderable Considerable sum of money Next March &c etc. —

Founder + First President of Dartmouth College "Founder +" added in separate hand in pencil

For the Revd Reverend Stephen Williams Att Springfield ⁓ Theſe These Pr per Mr Mr. Rockwell ⁓