Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to David Jewett, 1765 January 19 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 ask Jewett to help settle the dispute with Occom. USA New Hampshire Hanover Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. DC History MSS Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to David Jewett, 1765 January 19 Wheelock, Eleazar

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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) Occom Circle Project keywords and controlled vocabulary 19 January 1765 English October 2011 Emma Vance Maninder Rakhra Hannie Wei Hannie Wei Penniphurr Stevenson Added DOI Hazel-Dawn Dumpert reviewed and adjusted markup prior to publication Norwich 29.th 29th Jan.y January 1765. My Dear Sir.

It Seems to me that the publick public Reports of Mr Mr. Occom are Such that the Honour of God, the Reputa­­tion of the Commi&slong;sioners Commissioners Under Whose care, Direction and In&slong;pection inspection he is his own Good, and his Usefulne&slong;s usefulness in the World require that they Should be publickly publicly enqui­­red inquired into. and I have been di&slong;cour&slong;ing discoursing with Brothr Brother Whitaker and we both conclude that you are mo&slong;t most fully knowing to the truth of the thing, Reported to his and our Di&slong;advantage disadvantage , and that you will be be&slong;t best able of any man to Set the Matter in a true Light and produce Wittne&slong;ses witnesses to Support the Several Facts and that it mu&slong;t must therefore be Your part to form ar­ ­ticles & and lay them into the Board with the Evidences to Support them, again&slong;t against him. and accordingly we de&slong;ire desire you to do it, in Which M.r Mr. Whitaker Will afford you any A&slong;si&slong;tance assistance in his Power. plea&slong;e Please to let M.r Mr. Occom be Sea&slong;onably seasonably Served with a Copy of the Same, and Suitably Notified of Your taking Wittne&slong;ses witnesses again&slong;t against him that he may not have Oc­ca&slong;ion occasion to complain in that Re&slong;pect respect — and plea&slong;e please to have all ready by the Next Meeting of the Com&bar;i&slong;srs Commissioners which will be about 4. or 5. Weeks hence. plea&slong;e Please to accept mo&slong;t most Brotherly Salutation from

your Affectionate Brother and Hum.le Humble Serv.t Servant Eleaz.r Eleazar Wheelock Copy — Rev.d Rev. D. Jewett — Letter to M.r Mr. D. Jewett Jan.y January 29. 1765.