Margaret Kayadontyi, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 August 8
Date8 August, 1766
ms number766458.1
abstractKayadontyi wishes to relay a message to another Mohawk woman under Wheelock's care.
handwritingHandwriting is small and uneven, yet mostly formal and clear.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in fair condition, with moderate-to-heavy creasing, and light-to-moderate staining and wear.
inkBrown-black.
Persistent Identifier
Mohawk Country
:Aug.st 8— 1766
Sir
after my Complements—
Katrine a Mohawk Woman who I hope is under
Your Inspection / Be so kind as to Inform her it is my Desire for her to Come up as
Soon as poſsable as I have Something to Communicate to her; to her ^own^ advantage / I am with Affection although at a Distance Your Aunt /or in
our Language
Y:r Mother — —
Maragreet —
Cap:t Daniels wife / —
P::S You will please to tell her she Can have what Education is now on the
Carpet from the new England Schoolmasters now in our parts
Maragreet
Margaret Mo[illegible]hawk's Letter
Aug.t
8.th 1766
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