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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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I have now to thank you for your favors of the
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that load of anxieties
be under for I bear you much upon my heart
believe I may safely assure you that my poor prayers
are not
wanting, I trust that kind Lord that has upheld
you hitherto will long continue your
valuable life
direct
to hear of r
which I did my utmost to prevent
offered to assist him with Money if his exigencies
required it, he had complained of your
on account of some disagreement with
which also r
as himself, he is as you
well know a valuable Man
much owned
sometimes
but I believe even then his
intention is commendable
slow proficients the best of us are in the School of
the great forbearance we require
every
is wrote upon your heart, I hope all breaches will be
made up
the
I wish that may not be a bar to a perfect union
for they have
testified opposition hitherto
be grieved to see, how much has been said about
the
different purposes from that for which it is collected
you must let the
benefactions on your side be em
ployed towards the Building of both School
as we really have not a power vested in us to apply
our Monies
to any Building, if this should put you
to any difficulty I am ready to
to £500 out of my private fortune
let our yea be yea
then this cometh of evil, many things have
been said
on this side maliciously to hurt the Cause but it matters
speak against us is on account of the Cause we are
engaged
in, however we must not only take heed that our end is
right, but also
that it is rightly pursued
no just occasion to those that such occasion, it has
been
surmised (but barely so) that you had changed your
religious Sentiments
ments
ments
by few, that are
acquainted with Jesus
pretend to believe it, don't know what it means, I
presume you know r
minded Man
that his espousing your Cause can by no
means help it
I really believe all the Gentlemen of the
a just opinion of your Conduct,
they consistently can they will go hand in hand th
you, but where they can not do it without Infring
ing on
the
not depart one tittle therefrom—
I was grieved at what I heard of r
I Fear he had hard usage
the horrid Sin of drinking, pray my dear
him tenderly for I am much mistaken if his heart
have no objection to your
if you can not do it for them, pray do it for me
draw the money as before
I send you herewith a List of the Bills that
have appeared all
which are taken care of
there will be a ts
I hope you will forward them as soon as
I trust every blessing of Covenant love will be
vouchsafed
be crowned with abundant
most sincerely rejoice
If I mistake not the
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your Neighbour
I saw an t
bringing up
some young Men for the Ministry
what I saw so well that I was glad to throw in my
Mite to
forward the good Work — r
gives me a pleasing t
in New
Jersey
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