Jacob Woolley, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1761 December 14
Date14 December, 1761
ms number761664.1
abstractWoolley writes a conversational letter about enjoying college and wanting to travel.
handwritingHandwriting is formal and clear, with very few deletions and additions.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good-to-fair condition, with moderate creasing, staining and wear. There is some tearing around the remnants of the seal; this results in no loss of text.
inkBrown-black.
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I am very glad of embracing every Oppertunity of Writing to you, &
Converſing with you, though in a silent Language.— But I had much rather converſe with you Face to Face.
Dear Sr. you can't imagine how much I want to see you, & your Family. Though I expect to come &
viſit
younext Fall, if I have my Life ^& Health^ spared.— I am very hearty att
preſent, through divine Goodneſs, except of having littile Cold. I like College as well as ever, only I think it is too much
confinement: becauſe I want to travel some where or other & get acquainted with Mankind. For I don't see, as I am likely ^ever^ to learn anything elſe, but the Languages & Sciences
Sr. I muſt conclude with the Deſire of giving my Duty to Madam
Wheelock
& kind Love to your
Children, & the same to the reſt of your Familyy.
And except the same from
Your ever Dutiful & Obliged servant,
Jacob Woolley
P.S. Please to excuſe} this broken Letter.}
Jacob Woolley's
1761.
To the Rev..d
M..r
Eleazar Wheelock in
Connecticut
N:England
^[left]Pr favour of^
^[left]M.r Pomeroy^
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