Samuel Buell and James Brown, recommendation of Occom, 1758 March 21
Date21 March, 1758
ms number758221
abstractBuell and Brown, ministers of Long Island, recommend Occom and commend his work with the Montauk Indians.
handwritingFormal and legible.
paperLong sheet, yellowed, with moderate wear at creases.
inkLight brown and faded in spots.
noteworthyTrailer is in Wheelock’s hand.
signatureTwo signatures, in two different hands.
EventsOccom’s Mission to the Montauketts
Persistent Identifier
We the Subſcribers
Miniſters of the
Goſpel upon the Eaſt-End of Long-Iſland, having had intimate perſonal
Acquaintence with Mr
Sampſon
Occum, who for a Number of Years paſt, hath officiated in the Character of a School-Maſter at Montauk,
and of late in Conjuncti^on^
there-with, as ^a^
licenſed Preacher of the Goſpel — By theſe
Preſents greeting, would certefy all whom it may concern, that we have neither obſerved, nor ever heard of the leaſt Shadow of moral Scandal that he has been guilty of; but so far as we
have Knowledge, has in the Character of a
Chriſtian, School-Maſter, and Preacher of the Goſpel, behaved Well, even so, as to be an eminent Orniment to Religion.—
And we take the Liberty to add, that with much Pleaſure We behold the good Effects of his Sedulous Labours amoung the Indians, — The Children and young-People amoung them, have in general, by his Tuition, learnt to read, and many of the^[inline]m^^m^ well to Admiration; and alſo to Sing the Praiſes of God in a [illegible]regular Manner. The
elder People have had the Bible read to them in their own Language, and by means of
Mr
Occum have greatly improved in in doctrinal Knowledge.
The Worſhip of God; has been kept up, and religious Services in a regular
Manner perform'd on the Lords-day — and alſo
occaſionally, during the Sojourning of M.r
Occum with them. He has been happeily Inſtrumental of preventing the Increaſe of diviſive and Seperating Principles — and the train of miſchevious
Conſequences.— In fine, he has recommended Religion to them, by Word and
Example.— And we have Reaſon to hope, that God has been
pleaſed, eſpecially of late, to crown his Labours with deſierable
Succeſs, to the awakening of Many — and the hopeful real Converſion of Some.— And we Shall heartily rejoyce, and acquieſce in his receiving ^Proper^ Authority, and
Encouragement to proceed in Preaching the Goſpel, as God in his Providence may open a Door therefor. Commending our Indian Brother to the Divine Direction, Protection, and Bleſsing, in Teſtimony of what We have now writen,
we Subſcribe
Saml Buell
James Brown
Eaſt-hampton
March
ye 21 AD 1758 For Mr
Occum —
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