Edward Deake, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 June 1
Date1 June, 1767
Call Number767351.1
abstractDeake writes to recommend admittance for the son of Samuel Niles into the school.
handwritingFormal hand is clear and legible. The handwriting is the same as that in 765566.1, 767115.1, 767552, 767559, 767562.2, 767630.2, 767660.2, and possibly 767231, 767251 and 768371.2.
paperSingle sheet is in good-to-fair condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear.
inkBrown-black.
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Samuel Niles has a mind his son
should come to your school, after a little time
more; that he may be furnish'd with a greater
degree of learning than I'm able to give him; he's
an Ingenious Boy of about fourteen years of age, for
ability to learn Inferior to none of his colour. He
can read tolerable well in ye Bible: a line, or
too that he wrote this day I've Inclos'd for you
to look upon; if you pleas. He's now learning
to Cypher. — He's on every account as pleasant
a Youth asone in any in the whole Tribe.
should come to your school, after a little time
more; that he may be furnish'd with a greater
degree of learning than I'm able to give him; he's
an Ingenious Boy of about fourteen years of age, for
ability to learn Inferior to none of his colour. He
can read tolerable well in ye Bible: a line, or
too that he wrote this day I've Inclos'd for you
to look upon; if you pleas. He's now learning
to Cypher. — He's on every account as pleasant
a Youth as
These in ye greatest hurry may aſsure you that
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