Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to George Whitefield, 1764 October 10 Wheelock, Eleazar 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 Wheelock writes to update Whitefield on potential Indian students, and the progress of various plans for mission work. He also discusses the trouble between Occom and Jewett. USA New Hampshire Hanover Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. DC History MSS Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to George Whitefield, 1764 October 10 Wheelock, Eleazar

Handwriting is informal, yet clear and legible. It is not Wheelock's. Large single sheet is in good-to-fair condition, with light staining and wear, and moderate creasing. The central horizontal crease is separating. Dark-brown. This document is likely a copy. An unknown editor has bracketed the second paragraph on one recto in pencil. Wheelock's signature is not in his hand.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) Occom Circle Project keywords and controlled vocabulary 10 October 1764 English To be added. To be added. September 2011 Emma Vance December 2012 K.G. Kidd December 2012 K.G. Kidd Penniphurr Stevenson Added DOI September 10, 2014 Shaun Y. Akhtar Pre-publication TEI review Maninder Rakhra Pre-publication TEI review Hazel-Dawn Dumpert reviewed and adjusted prior to publication Lebanon Octo.r October 10th 10th 1764. My very dear & and Hond Honoured Friend

On your mentioning M.r Mr. Pemberton's Donation in Yours of Septr September 5th 5th & and a very broken Acco.t account given of it by M.r Mr. Occom, The Po&slong;ts Posts Office at New London was &slong;earched searched twice on Su&slong;picion suspicion that &slong;ome some Letter might be there in which I might have &slong;ome some Intelligence in the Affair, but none could be had till 'til very accidentally I heard there was a Letter for me in that Office. I &slong;ent sent a Man immediately the Day before ye&slong;terday yesterday on purpo&slong;e purpose to examine that office again, and ye&slong;terday yesterday I received your refre&slong;hing refreshing animating Letter of Sepr September 2d 2nd with an Acco.t account of a new Pro&slong;pect prospect in Favour of this School. Ble&slong;sed Blessed be God who di&slong;po&slong;es disposes the Hearts of Men & and their Sub&slong;tance substance too as he plea&slong;es pleases to &slong;erve serve his own glorious Purpo&slong;es purposes . I have wrote M.r Mr. Pemberton &slong;ome what somewhat parti cularly in that which you desire —

I have con&slong;ulted consulted my Brethren in the Mini&slong;try ministry and others near me who &slong;eem seem generally agreed that it will be be&slong;t best to &slong;end send Kirtland and Jo&slong;eph Joseph Woolley among the 6 Nations this Winter not as Mi&slong;sionaries missionaries but as Members of this School to learn the Mohawk & and Seneca Languages & and keep School in &slong;ome some of their Ca&slong;tles castles , or where it may be&slong;t best &slong;uit suit the De&slong;ign design .

General John&slong;on Johnson has promi&slong;ed promised his Friend&slong;hip friendship . I hear of &slong;everal several likely Indians, and one or two promi&slong;ing promising Engli&slong;h English Youth (who have been Captives among Indians) who may likely be obtained for this School, and whom I hope may be &slong;ent sent to it this Fall. And likely they may bring a Number with them next Spring if they &slong;hall shall find Encouragement to tarry through the Winter.

M.r Mr. Occom's Hou&slong;e house is covered and likely to be made comfortable for his Family this Winter: The expence of which is much more than I expected. I han't have not yet got a full Accot account of it, 'tis it is likely it will not be le&slong;s less than £100 Lawf Lawful money

I hope Providence will provide for the Payment of it, but I don't yet know how. I hope you have received mine to you of Septr September 26.th 26th which I wrote when &slong;ick sick of a Dy&slong;sentery dysentery , of which thro' through the pure Mercy of God I am now comfortably recovered.

The Breach between Mr Mr. Jewett & and Mr Mr. Occom grows wider. M.r Mr. Jewett's People and a great Number from other neighbouring Pari&slong;hes parishes flock to hear M.r Mr. Occom on Lord's Days at Mohegan &c etc. the Effect of which you may ea&slong;ily easily gue&slong;s guess . And Mr Mr. Jewett is like to lo&slong;e lose all his Land in his Pari&slong;h parish , if the Indians there &slong;hould should gain their point in their &slong;uit suit again&slong;t against the Government in an old affair called Ma&slong;on's Mason's Ca&slong;e Case lately revived. And Mr Mr. Occom can't avoid being con&slong;idered considered as a Party while he continues there. The Affair is too long (if I were enough accquainted acquainted accquainted acquainted with it) to give you &slong;uch such a particular Acco.t account as perhaps will be be&slong;t best you &slong;hould should have if you &slong;hould should take M.r Mr. Occom to England with you. This together with their Controver&slong;y controversy with their School Ma&slong;ter schoolmaster has made a great Ferment among them. And Mr Mr. Occom is blamed by &slong;ome some that he will advi&slong;e advise the Indians, that he will &slong;uffer suffer the Engli&slong;h English to flock to hear him &c etc. &c etc.

My Hope is in God alone— he has helped hitherto, & and I tru&slong;t trust in him that he will &slong;till still help us. I take Notice that Numbers &slong;eem seem to be plotting to help Mr Mr. Occom — Mr Mr. Little advi&slong;ed advised to &slong;end send him on a preaching Journey to Newbury &c etc. Dear Sir &slong;till still pray for

Yours in the deare&slong;t dearest Bonds Eleazar Wheelock To M.r Mr. Whitefield October 10th 10th 1764.