I wrote you the other Day under many
Diſadvantages of Body & Mind, & upon Recollection find I
gave but a very imperfect Anſwer to your Letter, I men‐
tioned a Bill drawn in fav
r of
Mr Breed for £160 I should
have said £180 And with reſpect to Bills to be drawn for
the future, as
Mr
^Moſes^ Peck
^watch Maker^ is my factor in
Boſton, it may be neceſsa‐
‐ry that he should sometimes draw in my Stead w
ch Bills I woud
pray you to honour as if signed by myſelf, and no others unleſs
further adviſed, As to large sums for building that muſt re‐
‐main in suſpence
till I have further Advice from you, or till
God in his Providence shall point out the moſt convenient place
to fixe the School, w
ch I wait to have determined by its friends
on your side the Water,
^&
yt^ for this reaſon, bec.
s so large numbers
have intereſted
y
mſelves in y
t Matter & each party ſo
engagd
to have it in y
e place y
a have reſpectively fixed upon, and
many viewing y
e advantages &
Conveniencies of each place in so par‐
‐tial a manner that great
numbers muſt
neceſsarily be diſobliged
let it be fixed where it will, and perhaps some diſagreeable reflec‐
tions &
cenſures be incurrd if it should be determined by myſelf
^and eſpecially if it Shod be in Favour of my own Intereſt.^
w
ch may be of real &
laſting
diſservice to the Cauſ,
for which reaſon it has
^therefore^ been my declared purpoſe to refer y
e Determination of y
s matter to
its moſt important friends
on your side the Water
^with you^. I wait in hopes
there may be
some
^an^ opening to y
e
weſtward
w
ch may exhibit such
proſpects as
may
^shall^
conſtrue outbid all others, I am waiting for an anſwer
from
Mr Brainerd relative thereto, I wonder to hear nothing more f
m
Gen.l Lyman, you kindly propoſed the sending me a liſt of the moſt
important Subſcribers to this Deſign, w
ch I apprehend may be of real
Service, & accordingly
^Shall^ hope to be favourd with it in your Next X
[left]X Pleaſe
S.r
alſo to adviſe what gentlemen or whether any are to be addreſsed with my thanks on yt head & whether his
Majeſty
woud likely accept something of that Nature, & if any Pleaſe to inform ^me^ of their titles &
any thing as to manner of Addreſs
wch you may think neceſsary for one in so obſcure a Corner) The Youth
I expect from the Wilderneſs are not yet returned and am at a loſs for the
reaſon of their tarrying so much beyond the time appointed what new
intelligence
ythey shall bring you may expect by the firſt conveyance
as alſo an Acc.
t of a remarkable occurance among the Indians weſtward
of
Philadelphia as soon as I can
obtain a circumſtantial
Acc
t of it —
Mr Whitaker informs of the Difficulties he encounters from a Letter
wrote by
Mr Oliver
^Letter^ in y
e Name of
the Board ^of London Com̅iſsrs in Boſton^
[left]*and repreſents
y.t it ^is of^
woud [illegible]
iportance that some inſinuations in said Letter eſpecially that I reported y.t
Mr Occom was a mohawk lately
emerged from groſs
paganiſm
^&c^ be effectually contradicted — Upon wch I woud only obſerve *
Mr Occoms Character has been so long and
so publickly known to gentlemen in all our Governments, as
^to^
woud render it
equably
^near as^ impertinent to take pains to contradict a report of
his being a
Mohawk lately
emerged &c as of his being an engliſh Man if such a r
[gap: tear][guess: ep]ort
had ever been propagated
I never heard such a report nor did I ever yet find any other who had heard
that that had been reported.
^Such a Report of him.^ of him except what came from
the Boſton
Commiſsioners, you may see by
Mr Buells Sermon at y
e Ordination of
Mr
Occum in y
e hands of
Mr
De Berdt
w
ch has been made public in o.
r Colonies
&
alſo by
Mr
Boſtwicks Letter at y
e end of
Mr Randals Sermon preach'd before
y
e
Society in Edinburgh 1763, that
Mr
Occum has not been hid in such a
corner, as that
it wou'd be safe for any Man
^any man of Sense cod think it Safe^ to publiſh such an untruth
concerning him if he had
a view to ever so great
advantage thereby
^ever So great a thirſt to get money^
&
eſpecially
conſidering that y.
e tribe he belongs to is quite immaterial but
t his
emerging out of paganiſm is y
e only thing affecting in the Acc.
t and
^illegiblethat^ is true
concerning
him, I have seen y
e
Acc.
t
w
ch
Mr Whitaker gives
Mr Peck
&c
[illegible] of y.
t Letter & it seems strange y.
t gentlemen w.
o
pretend such
^have for Long had^
oppurtunitiy
[illegible] of acquaintance w.
t
mMr
Occums Character &
w.
o pretend to give such an Acc.
t of him to
ye
honble Society as
[illegible][guess: shoud]
^may Effectually^ prevent impoſtures, shoud yet be miſ‐
‐taken in almoſt every particular
^they relate of him^ as you may See by camparing What they have
Wrote with the incloſed Copy of Mine To Meſs
rs
Peck
Maſon
&
Auſtin.
In return to Which M.r Peck informs me by a Letter ^of 20 Laſt^ this Day received. that M.r Oliver had
hond my order for the £10..0.. upon firſt Sight. but Says they think beſt not to deliver my Other Lettr
deſiring the Copy of his to M.r Maudit but wait a while and See how they will clear themſelves. — and by another of 29th
ult Says. Says that M.r
Maſon this Day told me he would Shew
M.r Whitefields Lettr to Mr Oliver, &
Deſire
of him to give a Copy of his to M.r Mauduit of y.e
2.d of Oct.r. and adds "I hear that M.r P. . . . . . .n declares there is not a Word in it to M.r Occoms Prejudice
which makes me think there was another Letter Sent. that he is Exceeding warm
in his Own Defence, and declares his Deſire that their Letter may be publiſhed." and If they are all of
^M.r Oliver is of that^ that mind ^too^ I may Expect a Copy Soon. I drew an Order upon
the Board in Boſton
^in favour of M.r Peck about a month ago^ for £10. of their Annual
Allowance
to
this School, which,
as
M.r Peck
informd me laſt Week,
M.r Oliver
^had^ honoured at
firſt Sight. Which is the third Remittance
^he has^ made
without the leaſt Objection,
S
eince he wrote that Letter to
M.r
[illegible]Mauduit.
Which
^and^ is the more remarkable
as the Grant made by them was
only during their Pleaſure.