New Stockbridge Indians, letter, to Samson Occom, 1787 August 29 Sauquethquaut, Joseph Aupaumut, Hendrick Quonnehaunt, Joseph Pauquunnuppeet, Peter Neshoonnuhhuk, David Pohpmon, John Baldwin, John Pauphaunhum, Samuel Naunaunuhnuk, 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 The New Stockbridge Indians testify to their faith in the Christian religion and request that Occom become their pastor. USA New Hampshire Hanover Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College. DC History MSS New Stockbridge Indians, letter, to Samson Occom, 1787 August 29 Sauquethquaut, Joseph Aupaumut, Hendrick Quonnehaunt, Joseph Pauquunnuppeet, Peter Neshoonnuhhuk, David Pohpmon, John Baldwin, John Pauphaunhum, Samuel Naunaunuhnuk, David

Handwriting is possibly that of Joseph Johnson; it is small yet mostly legible. Letter case, especially with regard to the letter "S" is difficult to discern. Heavily creased sheet of paper has been treated with silk overlay. This repair work is beginning to age, particularly on the verso. Separated creases lead to some loss of text. Brown ink is slightly obscured by the silk overlay. Letter is a contemporary copy. On the bottom left of one verso, the word "Call" appears to be written in Occom's hand. On one verso, written in pencil underneath the trailer is the note: "Ind. Mi&slong;. This is a copy of the call to Occom 1787 Original in C.H.S." There are nine signatories, yet the signatures are all in the same hand.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) Occom Circle Project keywords and controlled vocabulary 29 August 1787 English To be added. To be added. Maggie Conners Hannie Wei Hannie Wei December 12, 2014 Shaun Y. Akhtar Pre-publication TEI review Maninder Rakhra Pre-publication TEI review Hazel-Dawn Dumpert reviewed and adjusted prior to publication Brother in the Lord —

We the Muhheacunnuk Tribe, will now manifi&slong;t manifest to you — our opinions De&slong;ires desires and veiws views of the Chri&slong;tian Christian Religion. we believe that there is but one, the only true and living God, And that he is the Maker and pre&slong;erver preserver of our lives, and upholder of the Same — that he has Send his only begotten Son into this world, to be the Saviour of mankind, and we believe that this God has brought us up in to into this wilderne&slong;s wilderness — where we might begin to Serve him in Sincerity and in truth — Further we believe that this God has rai&slong;ed raised you up and have kept you alive untill until this time. and that he has Send you up as an Amba&slong;sador ambassador into this wilderne&slong;s wilderness upon this purpo&slong;e purpose that you might be the fir&slong;t first in&slong;trument instrument or means to Stir up you own Nation — to try embrace His whole Religion. And the, resons reasons why we have such thoughts becau&slong;e because we have felt a great weight of your errand — And in coming such a manner, and from such a quarter — as we did not expect — when we look back, and Consider, what poor progre&slong;s progress the Religion of Je&slong;us Jesus Chri&slong;t Christ , has made among&slong;t amongst the Natives of this Continent not with&slong;tanding notwithstanding of the great pains, that have taken with them in some Places the Indians appeared well and promi&slong;ing promising , but soon decay. — and now it looks very dark upon us, all helps from a Broad abroad are gone — and we are now brought to look about and Con&slong;ider consider of our Situation and we believe that this will be the la&slong;t last . that God will make a trial with us — if this w not set us to contrive for our own souls — God will leaves us to our own De&slong;truction destruction — The&slong;e These and other con&slong;iderations considerations induceth induce us — to believe that God does require from our own hands — to contrive — and to try to bigin begin to support and maintain Religion among us — we therefore, a Number of us chearfully cheerfully agreed to begin to pur&slong;ue pursue what we bilieve believe to be our Duty since we have felt and ex = ‐ = ‐ perience the great goodne&slong;s goodness of God — for rai&slong;ing raising and fiting fitting one of our own Collour colour — to be in&slong;trumental instrumental to build up the Cau&slong;e cause and the Kingdom of our Lord Je&slong;us Jesus Chri&slong;t Christ — we therefore feel in duty bound to come to reque&slong;t request you to come and settle with us — and to take the charge over us — and to die with us. in Conjunction with Brotherton Brothertown if it be agreable agreeable to them. so that we may enjoy all the Previlidges privileges and ordinances of the Go&slong;pel Gospel which our Saviour has left us in his word — So we the Sub&slong;cribers subscribers wittingly to begin with twenty shillings — in fir&slong;t first year and so in proportion that we shall increa&slong;e increase in Number and Sub&slong;tance substance — till 'til we shall be able to support you fully — so we done at present what we feel to be our duty and the re&slong;t rest we will submitt submit to Gods will and plea&slong;ure pleasure —

Jo&slong;eph Joseph Sauquethquaut Hendrick Aupaumut Jo&slong;eph Joseph Quonnekanut Peter Pohquannopeet Pauquunnuppeet David Ne&slong;hoonnuhhuk Neshoonnuhhuk John Pohpmon John Baldwin Samuel Pauphaunhum David Naunannuknuck

Rev.d Mr Rev. Mr. Samson Occom New Stockbridge Augu&slong;t August 29th 29th 1787 —

N. New Stockbridge confe&slong;sion confession of Faith 1787Call