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The Occom Circle Project is a digital edition of letters from and to Samson Occom (1727-1792), with other of his works. The documents in question are all housed in Dartmouth College’s Rauner Special Collections Library. Occom was a Mohegan Indian, intertribal leader, public intellectual, and the most important Indian writer in North America in the 18th century.
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Yours of th
We are Still
Favour of the poor
than ever. God has indeed wrought like
and evidently
great
grand
to believe that the Time for calling the poor Creatures
into his
Trinity and Kingdom is
Shall Still, according to the
the
be Such as will invite all far
My dear little e
t
Davies
Boys with me, Three of which will
likely, if their Health will
allow them a
for College by next
two
of dear rs
get opportunity to l
upon it I apprehend while the
be no manner of
Purpose I am t
-bers of them are
if we had means o for their
Support we might have of their
Children by Scores, and well chosen for the
I have been put to Difficulty to get a good writing
The Boys I now have are not equal in their writing to
other parts of learning however, I Send You a Specimen
as it is and hope by now I have got my dear r
to teach e
they make Proficiency in it.
It is a bad time to e
Country, our People you know are but few of
them Rich —
our e
many put to Difficulty to
And great Numbers have yet
and Cruelties perpetrated by the Indians, many of these want a Better
Temper than to breath out nothing but Slaughter
them. A good Example of Liberality from Home. May and
likely would
animate many Godly People among us to imitate
them. And I cant but hope td
d
Not be more difficult than now it is for a few. There
would then be that which would
as well as more Strongly invite to Liberality.
I hope my dear little
-tinue him, will by
Love
We are not
at
to
and
it may be Experience will
need of any other Foundation.
r
by t
-ong the
I conclude the grand objection is his want of Health.
Religion in general with us, is at a low Ebb. I hear
but little of
Conviction or
where.
And College affairs wear
a much better Face than they did
Several have been under deep Convictions
t
dear Sir, I dont
one Day with You. A d
have Patience with my
would tire me to write or you to Read. but in
we would talk over the many and Great Arguments and motives
c
ee
ce
Excite them to exert e
of the great Redeemer is infinitely
-tent to let
to depend upon our doing
and
I depend you will use r
as you have opportunity and t
me hear from You as often as you and
that you will
remember in Your
P.S.
Your Dear Spouse.—