Samson Occom, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1764 August 22 Occom, Samson Text Markup Unit, Dartmouth College Library Conversion to TEI P5 encoding Occom Circle Project Transcribed from the original manuscript Dartmouth College National Endowment for the Humanities Schweitzer, Ivy. Dartmouth College Department of English and Women's Studies The Occom Circle A digital edition Trustees of Dartmouth College
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Letter Occom reports on his activities and on progress in the building of his house. He also notes that he’s been paid a half-year's salary by the Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America. On two verso, Wheelock has written an outline for a sermon. USA New Hampshire Hanover Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. DC History MSS Samson Occom, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1764 August 22 Occom, Samson

Occom’s hand is formal and clear; Wheelock’s is cramped, heavily abbreviated and much less legible. There are two other hands on the document: one is that of an editor, likely 19th-century; the other likely belongs to Solomon Williams. Medium-sized sheet folded in half to make four pages is in fair condition, with moderate wear along the edges, and a tear in the center that results in some loss of text. Dark brown ink, likely iron gall, has burned through the paper in spots. Woven throughout Wheelock's sermon are random notes that appear to be in Wheelock's hand. A note added below Wheelock's sermon appears to have been written by Solomon Williams. On two verso, an editor, likely 19th-century, has added the note "S. Occom aug. 22. 1764." This note has not been transcribed. Occom's letter is on one recto and verso; Wheelock's notes are on two recto and verso.

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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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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) Occom Circle Project keywords and controlled vocabulary 22 August 1764 English To be added. To be added. 2/5/13 Victoria Portnow Maninder Rakhra Pre-publication TEI Review May 2014 K.G. Kidd May 2014 K.G. Kidd Rev.d Rev. Sir

I can write but a ward word or two in great hurry, I was at New London Mon­day and I can find nothing that the Honble Commſſrs Honourable Commissioners has done for me But ten Pounds ſince since I firſt first went up to onoyda Oneida , and that was paid as Salary for half years Service at Montauk — Timber for my Houſe House is got thro' through your good Influance influence for wich which I am thankful and I hope ever Shall be both to god and man — I have many Hands to Day today Both Plowers and Seller cellar Diggers, and the overs Seers overseers are to meet here this Day by the dorder of the Government to reconclile reconcile matters as I under­ſtand under­stand —David went to Lyme laſt last Satturday Saturday and he is not come back — I want to go on our Journey as ſoon soon as poſſable possible

we have been very Sick in my family but are now better thro' through favour, — with Sincere Service I Subſcribe Subscribe your worthleſs worthless Servant

Samſon Samson Occom Mohegan Auguſt August 22 1764

John 6.53. except ye you Eate eat ye the Fleſh flesh and Drink ye the Blood &c etc. — D. y.t that nil can give us Sp.l special Life but Eatg eating ye the fleſh flesh & and Drinkg drinking ye the Blood of X Christ .

Diſcribe Describe y.e faith in X Christ & and prlrly particularly w.t what of it is Implyd implied in Eatg the — y.s this metaph.l metaphorical Diſcripn description of it in o.r our txt text . y.t that x Christ is y.e the Fountn fountain auth.r author Nouriſ nourish & and of Sp.l special Life. an appetite to y.s the food w.c which is occaſiond occasioned only by convn conviction of y.e the Lord. == Delight. An applic.n application of x Christ to offer . == Delight. meet in == Deriv.n derivation of Nouriſhmt nourishment fr. from him. wthout without y.s this y.re there is not Spl special Life. Le Dard y.e the Princle principle of Life sup tg S.t spirit of Life in x Christ of courſe course all y.e the Actgs actings of it. & and all Contry contrary Enmity == This For for David all ye the Symptoms of Death — fr. from ye the grtnſs greatness of y.s this Neceſsty necessity David 1764 fr. from y.e the Expence expense of y.e the Giver of y.e the Benefet benefit y.e the freenſs freeness of y.e the off.r offer == wthout without money: y.e the Sweetnſs sweetness & and Bdnſs blessedness of y.e the Enjoymnt enjoyment == y.e the pleadgs pleadings of infinite L. love on ye the one hand and Infinite wrath threatnd threatened ==

The above is a sermon in the hand writing of Dr Dr. Eleazar Wheelock, first President of Dartmouth College.

1. Mourng Mourning makes way for Comf.t. Comfort accordg according to y.e the courſe course of Natr nature Night before Day y.e the Sp.t spirit of y.e the Ld. Lord is upon me. == of Joy for == 2. mourng mourning makes way for comft comfort : it opens ye the bids x Christ his Comfts comforts wellcome welcome ==

To The Revd Rev. El⁁azer Wheelock at Lebanon