David Avery, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 February 14 Avery, David 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 Avery requests leave to go on a ride to relax his mind. USA New Hampshire Hanover Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. DC History MSS David Avery, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 February 14 Avery, David

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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) Occom Circle Project keywords and controlled vocabulary 14 February 1767 English To be added. To be added. April 2012 Hazel-Dawn Dumpert Maninder Rakhra Pre-publication TEI review Hannie Wei Pre-publication TEI review February 2014 K.G. Kidd February 2014 K.G. Kidd Penniphurr Stevenson Added DOI Hazel-Dawn Dumpert reviewed and adjusted prior to publication Lebanon Feby. February 14: 1767. Rev.d Rev. & and very worthy Sir,

Haveing Having apply,d applied very cloo&slong;e close to Study for a con&slong;iderable considerable Time, I find a great Want of nece&slong;sary necessary Divertion diversion to relax my Mind a little — If agreable agreeable to Mr Mr. Wheelock, I de&slong;ire desire Liberty to take a ride tomorrow as far as Norwich — If, Sir, you will plea&slong;e please to grant y.s this Favour, you will much contibute contribute to ye the Health of him, who is, with ye the deepe&slong;t deepest Submi&slong;sion submission , Rev,d Rev. Sir,

Your mo&slong;t most dutiful & and mo&slong;t most obedient Sev,t Servant David Avery To the Rev,d Rev. E. Eleazar Wheelock. From David Avery at his Study Feby February 14th 14th 1767—

To The Rev,d Rev. Mr Mr. Eleazar Wheelock Lebanon, Connecticut