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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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deeply
what Gratitude I owe to The ndr
and to all his Family, for his
to
and to bring me into his
give me my Learning for Nothing only to
be
Dutiful and Obedient to him and
Family..—
And to
tures, (viz) to be capable to teach a
School.
To be
Utterly Unworthy I am to be put to
And how unworthy I am of the
from thy Hands.—
it makes me tremble to think to write to
a Great Gentleman as r
afraid I
plea&slong;ing
pleasing
Your
any thing about My School.
I r
about
I dont know what
to write more—
r&slong;s
My humble Compliments to all your Children
—Sir (
thy
Give me Liberty to