Moses Peck, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1761 January 8
Date8 January, 1761
ms number761108
abstractPeck encloses £3, 16 shillings for Occom's aid, and asks for an account of Occom's work.
handwritingHandwriting is informal and somewhat uneven, yet mostly clear and legible.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light staining and wear, and light-to-moderate creasing.
inkBrown.
noteworthyFor Wheelock's response to this letter, see manuscript 761225.
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MrOccums Letter being Laid before our
private Society we Determined To make a Colle
ction for his Immediate Aſsistance which is Now Sent To you To be Communicated to him for his Imediate Relief that he may not fail nor be Discour^a^ged it would be gratefull To the Society to hear Some more
particular account of mr
Occum how Long he has ben
Setled
illegible what his family what his Sallery & the bigneſs of his Congregation
in the name of ye Rest I subscribe my Self your
Humbl
Sart
Moſes Peck
Boſton
^the^ 8 Janry 1761
y.e Sum Inclosed is. Three Pounds
Sixteen Shilings £3 ..16.0
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