Samson Occom, journal fragment

Author Occom, Samson

Date16 December, 1759

Call Number759666

abstractA fragment of Occom's journal describing his travels as an itinerant preacher.

handwritingOccom’s faded handwriting has been almost completely overwritten in a different, likely 19th-century, hand.

paperSmall sheet is in poor condition, with heavy fading, staining and wear. There is some reinforcement on the left edge (one recto).

inkBrown ink is heavily faded and obscured by staining.

noteworthyDue to the near impossibility of discerning much of Occom’s original text, the text transcribed is that of the non-contemporary editor. The edits date the document to 1759; however, the names and places contained in this fragment point to a significantly later date, likely the 1780s. The existence of other dates in pencil cast further doubt on a date of 1759. A second unknown editor has added dates in pencil to one recto.

Persistent Identifier
[gap: tear] [gap: faded] Number of People
[gap: tear][guess: Lod]gd at Mr Cook's again

Saturday Dec. 1815

was to
[gap: stain]

[gap: stain]Dec. 16

Soon after
[gap: faded] went to meeting at one
m.[gap: faded] I went a foot [gap: faded]
[gap: faded] about to begin the
meeting and there was a large
Number of People and I spoke
from [gap: faded]
they expected M.r Perry from
Richmond to administer the
Lord's Supper amongst them
But he failed them and they
[gap: stain] me to administer the
[gap: stain] and I complied
[gap: stain] a solemn
[gap: stain] the evening [gap: stain]
[gap: faded] Houſe and Bap[gap: tear][guess: tized]
six children for Mr. [gap: faded]
[gap: faded]
Lodged at old mr. Cook's again
and it was very cold [gap: faded]

Monday Dec 17

got up very
early and we set off and got
[gap: faded] Bethlehem and Call at
[gap: faded] and from there
[gap: faded]the Houſe and there we
had [gap: faded] and Baptized
child for Mr. Bunce and soon
after [gap: faded] went on to Green bush
[gap: faded] just before sun set
and put up Esq. Woodworth's
and in the evening we [gap: faded]
[gap: faded] meeting and there was [gap: tear]
[gap: faded] people it was [gap: faded] cold
[gap: tear] the People [gap: faded]

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