John Secutor, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 March 31 Secutor,John 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 Secutor writes to ask Wheelock to communicate his disapproval of Hezekiah Calvin’s marriage proposal to his daughter Mary. USA New Hampshire Hanover Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. DC History MSS John Secutor, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 March 31 Secutor,John

Handwriting is clear, formal and legible. Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear. Dark brown. Handwriting is similar to 767251, 768371.2, and possibly 765566.1, 767115.1, 767351.1, 767552, 767559, 767562.2, 767630.2, 767660.2. Likely that of Edward Deake, schoolmaster at Charlestown.

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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 31 March 1767 English To be added. To be added. Ivy Schweitzer Hazel-Dawn Dumpert Maninder Rakhra Pre-publication TEI Review Penniphurr Stevenson Penniphurr Stevenson Hazel-Dawn Dumpert Charlestown y.e the 31. of March AD 1767— Revd Rev. &slong;r Sir ,

I gratefully acknowledge your token of love, and friendship, in the Chris­tian education you have giv'n given , my Daughter, I esteem it Such a favour, as Justly Demands Gratitude in ye the deepest sense. —

I receiv'd received a letter from Mr Mr. Calvin which contain'd contained the following words. "It may be no small thing that I have to acquant acquaint "you with, the design that lays between your "Daughter Moley Molly , and me, Pardon me if I "blush to Name it, that is Matrimony but I "shall not attempt it without yr your Consent, & and "approbation." This, Sir, I by no means Con­sent to, and shou'd should be very glad if you wou'd would use your reasonable powers to Dis­ swade dissuade my Daughter from such design. — Not that I have ever heard any thing against the young man.

I am, Sr Sir , with great respect, your most Obedient Humble Servt servant John Secutor

P. S. The letter that Mr Mr. Calvin wrote to me, and one from my Daughter, was sent by the Hand of Sylvester Athony, who carried them to the Sachem Ninegrett Ningret s and were open'd opened and kept there four weeks before I heard of them. If mr Mr. Calvin had Been acquainted with Sylvester, I Should have blam'd blamed him for sending by him; but as he knew nothing of him I don't think much of it. — Sr Sir please to caution ym them Who yy they Send letters by for ye the future. from &slong;r Sir , yr your Hume humble Servt servant John Secutor

From John Secutor March 31.st 31st. 1767

To the Revd Rev. Mr Mr. Eleazar Wheelock att at Lebanon

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