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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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At a Meeting of the
of the Societycr
"
"the Vote of
", Conclude, That it would be act
Longer to support a
as the
and might have frequent Opportunities; within
a
few miles of their places of Abode, of attending
upon the Stated Ministers among the
English,
But if the
to
in this Province, whom r
served;
employ him for a time as a Schoolmaster; and
it is highly probable
might, 'ere long, introduce
him into the Ministry,— and procure an
Establishment for him suitable for an
Orda
Pastor and Indian
Ordered, That the Secretary transmit
a Copy of this Minute to
w
rer to
pagating the Gospel in
nicated.