Moses Peck, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1765 December 24

Author Peck, Moses

Date12 December, 1765

Call Number765674.2

abstractPeck updates Wheelock on business matters, and notes that Whitaker and Occom have started on their trip.

handwritingHandwriting is small, somewhat scrawling and occasionally difficult to decipher. There are several uncrossed t's that have been corrected by the transcriber.

paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good-to-fair condition, with light staining and wear, and light-to-moderate creasing.

inkBrown-black.

layoutThe first page of the letter is on two recto, not one recto; the second page is on one verso.

EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain

Persistent Identifier
Rev.d & Very Dear Sir

Yeaſterday morning about ten o'clock the Rev. Meſsrs
Whitaker & Occom Sailed, the wind very favourabel
money and provisions and every thing for their Comfort.
The Sum of £6.3.4 (Mr. Whitaker said belong to you) more than they wanted, I now send
it to you by Mr Gara, Pleaſe to Cr my account—allso
Give me Cr for the £16 I paid Mr Whitwell for
Mr Chamberlain's Note — and leave not to pray for
that young man that God may open his eyes, that
unbelief may for ever hide its Gilty head, eſpecially in such
Company—the Lord bleſs and proſper him more and more.
This Day Recd your favour of the 10th by Mr Gara, in which
you mention a Letter to Mr Whitaker, encloſed in it a duplicate
to the Society in Scotland for I find onely one to Mr
Whitfield
, one to Mr Stevenson, one to Mr Paten
this Day Recd an accts of your Goods from Ports.mo, but
[illegible] it very strange that theirs no price to one article
wont it be Beſt for you to ask that favour of Mr Phillips.
Decr 25th put your goods into Mr Masons store—
Cant yet find any [illegible] Veſsel coming to Norwich or New London
The wind still favours the [illegible: [guess: Vige]]Mr Whitaker preched
Last Lords Day for Mr Foxcraft but the Ug[illegible][illegible] C
would not do himſelf the honour so much as to speek to him
This preaching in Boſton hath greatly served Real, Vitel-Soled
piety, which semes to be taking its leave of the earth—
Our love to Elijah. tel him we are prity
weel exceping the young child, O pray for it—
& if he wantes any thing, please to supply him, or let me know
Mrs Peck & my daughter [illegible] with me in Due Reſpects to
your self, Mrs Wheelock, your Sons & Daughters, & the family—
Honoured Sir yours in the Lord
Moses Peck
Mr Whitweel & his wife sends love to
Mr Lothrop. & two koton shirts
allso give our Love to him
& to Mr Gray
yours
M. P.
PS the Revd Mr Forbes wants to know how
Mr Chamberlain speeded with the
Boſton Board—I will inform him
this Day—
I paid the frate of your good, out
of the within sum viz 9[illegible]
the Invoice is inclosed
[right] 6.3.4
   9  
5.14.4
their is Som things, to the
Bag for Mrs Occom &
4 Dolars by Mr Gara
Mr Peck, Letter Dec.r 12 1765.
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