David Avery, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 June 26 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 writes from Yale about the conversion of fellow students. He adds a postscript regarding Wheelock's son John. USA New Hampshire Hanover Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. DC History MSS David Avery, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 June 26 Avery, David

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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) Occom Circle Project keywords and controlled vocabulary 26 June 1769 English To be added. To be added. July 30, 2012 Renee Lai Maninder Rakhra Pre-publication TEI Review January 2013 K.G. Kidd January 2013 K.G. Kidd Hazel-Dawn Dumpert reviewed and adjusted prior to publication Yale College June 26 th 1769. Reverend Doctor,

In my laſt last informed the Doctor of one of Perrey's Brother's being hope­fully brought into Light of late — & and alſo also that Perrey himſelf himself (a member of College) was under serious Impreſ­sions impressions — His convictions increaſed increased — was brought very clearly to see his State — the work of humiliation appeared to be quite genuine &c etc. and this Monday Night will be week since he was hope­fully converted — He has had several turns of Darkneſs darkness as well as Light — and appears to have built sure on the Rock of Ages — manifeſts manifests a sweet, humble, Chriſtlike Christ­like Diſpoſition disposition . What Joy, Rev,d Rev. Doctor, an account so well grounded, will afford You — I can

pretty eaſily easily imagine — There are a few who appear to be thoughtful and a little concerned — God's Children seem to renew their Strength — and we cant hope but God is on his way to Viſit visit this Society! "Oh! that God would Rend the Heavens and come down"! we deſire desire the Saints in Lebanon to help by their strong, united & and fervent prayers to the Father of Mercy for a Shower of Divine Grace — Oh! that God had set a Timothy at the head of this School of the Prophets!

I hope D,r Dr. Gale's preſcriptions prescriptions are well suited to my Diſorder disorder — pleaſe please to accept myuch Duty and filial Reſpect respect from,

Reverend Doctor, Yours moſt most dutifully David Avery Rev,d Rev. D,r Dr. Wheelock

P. S. 27.— Rev,d Rev. D,r Dr. your Son has applyed applied five times to the Authority to get Liberty to board out of Commons— but can not ob­tain it, tho' though the affair is not finally determined — "The Eſtablished established Laws & and Decrees of the Corporation can't be diſpenſed dispensed with." If Jonne can not board out he will write the Doctor soon to deſire desire he would write Mr Mr. Baldwin— He would be sorrey sorry if the Doctor should draw from this Poſtſcript postscript that he is sick— he is is is a well as com­mon — and sends Duty with your's & and c D.A. David Avery

From David Avery June 26. 1769

To The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock D. D. Lebanon—