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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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got up
very early, and
Soon after Prayer I went to r
Clarkr
Holmsr
and Came directly back, for
r
to Carry me in his
Town
ton
to
up in r
he (abou
a little
Number of People
and I
Acts, XIII. 30: and there was
great
bly
blyr
Weed
and Lodged
in the evening, a man Came
to the
to go to See a man that was
very Sick, and I went
and Soon got there,
very Sick his Name is r
Theophilus Hide
greatly
and I
him much
Soul, and I
of
to
the Nature of
he
at it and I
wife was
ci&slong;ed
cised
they wanted to have their
Child
declined — and I
and r
all Night. —
after
fa&slong;t
fastr
rr
about 1 went into the meeting
the
had in
from Acts VIII: 30: the People attend
ed
well, — went with one r
and in the evening, there a Num
ber
of Neighbours Came in and
my good old Friends r
and
well acquainted with them on
glad to See
one another, and 2
of their Children Came in
a Son and Daughter, a likely
young Folks, — and we had very
and we Sung and
and then I went home with r
Larkins
was
Treated, went to bed late and
Slept
after
fa&slong;t
fastrr
with a
rs
10: and the people had not got
together but few, and we
w and went
a
I Spoke from 1 Peter 1:24 —
and there was great Solemnity
in
the
to one r
and a number of People went
was of
She gave her
after Examination, I got up to
Show the Nature of offering a
Child unto god in
the woman was much
Child, — after that, I
eat with them, Soon after, I went
to r
Evening, w
erci&slong;e
ercise
was a Number of Young People
and they behaved
well, — late in
the evening I went to Bed quietly
once more, the Lord
the
got up very
early, and rs
fa&slong;t
fast
I went
part of
got to the
r
in the morning, and
Time, and one r
with a
off Directly, and got to r
Sprague
Dinner with them, and then
directly went to meeting,
and
there was a great number
John
XVII. 3: and there was a
great and
on there were many Tears —
Soon after
meeting I went di
rectly back with r
Folks; and went directly to
r
ing there in the Evening, and
there was a Number of People
again they
and I
2: 3: and I
was
of Divine things, and the People
were greatly affected, there
was
a flood of Tears, — I
at the Same
after
young man went with me I
Call on l
he Treated me very kindly
him, but I
So went on Soon,
but Stay but few
So went on, got to r
fore Noon, and was there
r
for me, and we
directly, and got to his
and got there
the
together waiting for us;
and
I
with them with my Cards and
we had Very
ci&slong;e
cise
finally we
went to be
more;
of the Lord for his
me
after r
Larkins
them, and Soon after
Dinner
I went back to r
Call, r
only few minutes, and went
on, — and r
noon
noonr
ready and we went on, r
Amos Larkinr
woman went with us, and
we got to r
before
there a while, took Tea with
them, — and Soon after Tea we
went on, and r
Clarke
we went on to good old
r
and there I
only with the old People and
one young man, I read
after
they had
them a Text —
After
went to r
11 the People began
to Collect
of People Gathered,
— and
I began the
1 and I Spoke from,
and I think the Lord was
&slong;ent
sent
all attention, and there was
great Solemnity
and many
Tears were Shed, and I
the People will not forget this
Sabbath Soon,
after meeting took Dinner
with r
evening, I went to one r
Brown
with my Cards and there was
a Prodigious Number of Peop
had very
it was a Solemn Night, and
the People,
old angd young
I believe will not forget it
all their Days, and I
hope
pray, that it may be a Night
to be
of God — Choice Portions of
Scriptures were Sown
Night among the People
as they
never had; — we broke
up near midnight, and I
went to r
it was Rainy, — and went
to bed
late
in the morning, I went to r
Clarke
r
about 2 in the
and there was a Young man
Came to fetch me from
way
way
r
ier&slong;onierson
I am to marry a
Folks and they
with all
&slong;ihp
ship
a Comfortable
we all got
up very early, and they got
‐ed for weddeners, and
about
1
man went out with a bottle
to meet them and
treated them
round before they Came into
the
got into the
in Celebratidng the
of Marriage, — and as Soon as
it was over we Sat down to
Dinner, and w
over, the weddeners
way
way
Ar
the evening a number of Peop
came
in and we had
with my notes, and it was
quite
bed late, —
This morn
ing r
Coffin
er, the Same I had
&slong;ation
sation
he is a very bold Creature
about 10: I went
one r
had a meeting there, and
there was
ber of
People,