Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Samson Occom, 1771 January 22 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 A copy of a letter in which Wheelock expresses his sorrow at Occom's repeated and aggravated fall from virtue. Wheelock writes that if Occom and David Fowler will settle their families among remote tribes, Wheelock will pay David as much as any schoolmaster sent by the Boston Commissioners. USA New Hampshire Hanover Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. DC History MSS Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Samson Occom, 1771 January 22 Wheelock, Eleazar

Handwriting is not Wheelock's. It is neat and legible, with several abbreviations. Good condition, with very little creasing, staining and wear; right and bottom edges (1 recto) appear to have been trimmed, with insignificant mitigation of text. Noted as a copy. Contents are nearly identical to those of 771122. A note in pencil at bottom of 1 recto reads “The original is in Conn. Hist. Soc W.D.C.” However, the Connecticut Historical Society does not have such a letter in its collection, so it is highly likely that the original is, in fact, 771122. A letter that is not included in the project is on the verso of the same paper as this copy. That letter is also marked as a copy, and bears a trailer in Wheelock's hand, indicating that both documents are Wheelock's copies for his records.

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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 22 January 1771 English To be added. To be added. February 22, 2013 Maggie Conners 29 May 2013 Hazel-Dawn Dumpert Mainder Rakhra Pre-publication TEI review September 2013 K.G. Kidd September 2013 K.G. Kidd Hanover Janry January 22.d 22nd 1771 — My dear M.r Mr. Occom.

Perhaps y.o you little think w.t what pain & and Sorrow of Heart I have had on hear.g hearing of y.r your repeated & and aggravated fall, but I am comfort = - ed a little wth with y.e the Hope y.t that God has given y.o you Repentance, but I conclude, unleſs unless y.e the manifestation of y.r your Repentance has been very Public, Clear, Strong, & and evident to every body everybody , y.r your usefulneſs usefulness is near at an End where yo you are. And it may be one design of God in leaving y.o you thus to fall has been to reprove y.r your staying at Home, & and in a sort compell compel y.o you to go abroad among remote Tribes, or else quit y.r your Ministry, wh which I conclude y.o you will never be easie easy in doing while y.e the Nations are lying in wickedneſs wickedness & and Perishing for lack of Vision. y.o You may remember I early mentioned to y.o you , y.r your going among y.e the Onondagues Onondagas , or some other Nations yre there in y.t that quater quarter , & and said something ab.t about y.r your taking y.r your Broth.r brother David & and Settling y.r your Families in y.t that Country, & and I felt ſome some concern y.t that y.o you declined it as I tho't thought , & and have always feard feared y.t that y.o you was not to usefully imployed employed as y.o you might be among remote Tribes. M.r Mr. Woodward informs me of y.r your having understood me otherwise, wh which must certainly have been thro’ through some mistake — I also always believed y.r your B.r brother David did wrong in leaving y.t that Cause in y.e the wilderneſs wilderness where he was so acceptable & and had so wide a Door op’ned opened to him for usefullneſs usefulness —

I now propose to y.o you & and him y.t that if y.o you will remove & and Settle in any of y.e the Tribes where yo you may find y.e the best Prospect of usefullneſs usefulness I will allow him as much as any of y.e the Schoolmasters have who are im==ployed em--ployed among any of y.e the Tribes on y.e the Sea Shore, by y.e the Boston Commiſs=ioners Commiss-ioners , & and will do for y.o you w.t what Shall be reasonable, & and will provide a good Interpreter to go wth with y.o you in y.e the Spring — Please to let me see yo you or hear from yo you as soon as poſsible possible — This is an aſtonish.g astonishing Day of Gods Grace & and y.e the out pouring of his Spirit upon y.s this Seminary, here y.o you may see y.e the beginning & and bud = - ding of ye the Nw New Jerusalem. The first appearance of it was upon our getting into a Settled & and Quiet State ab.t about a month ago. the Affairs of y.s this Seminary never look’d looked wth with so joyfull joyful & and encourag.g encouraging an aspect, before, as ya they now do. I hope in a little time yo you will have oppertunity opportunity to see scores of y.r your Tawney tawny Breth = - ren, nourished by y.e the Breasts of y.s this Alma Mater — I can’t tell y.o you w.t what loads of sorrow I have been bowed down und.r under , on acco.t account of y.e the falls & and miscarriages of so many on wm whom I had dependance dependence und.r under G.d God as Instrumts instruments to help forward y.e the g.t great design before me. G.d God has been my helper or I should have sunk indeed und.r under y.e the weight — My D.r dear Friend, I have had & and born loads on y.r your Acco.t account . I long to know whether Gd God has truly opned opened y.r your Eyes to see y.e the wounds y.o you have given y.e the Bleſs.d blessed Redeem.r Redeemer ? & And wheth.r whether y.o you have & and do look upon him wm whom y.o you have peirced pierced & and mourn for w.t what y.o you have done as for an only Son? & And w.t what Revenge y.o you are exercis.g exercising upon & and towards y.rself yourself in a way of self denial & and croſsbearg cross-bearing ? My D.r dear Friend dont now add to y.e the offence by set.g setting down discourag’d discouraged & and say yre there is no hope of y.r your futer future usefullneſs usefulness . no my F.d friend resolve on revenge on y.r your Lusts, & and especially y.r your Pride, & and upon y.e the Fath.r Father & and auth.r author of them. My H.t heart akes aches for y.o you eno’f enough to besmere besmear y.s this Paper wth with my Hts heart's Blood if y.r there were a proper way to expreſs express my sorrow, & and a way y.t that wd would do y.o you any good — but I conclude wth with Love to y.o you & and y.r your wife, and am for Christs sake

y.r your much wounded and afflicted Friend & and Servant Eleazar Wheelock Copy —