Nathaniel Whitaker, letter, to John Erskine, 1767 June 17

Author Whitaker, Nathaniel

Date17 June, 1767

Call Number767367.2

abstractWhitaker writes to Erskine about the terms of the Trust and to debunk charges made against Wheelock that he is promoting Presbyterianism.

handwritingFormal hand is largely clear and legible.

paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in fair-to-poor condition, with moderate-to-heavy creasing, staining and wear that results in a slight loss of text. The paper is heavily reinforced.

inkBrown ink is dimmed somewhat by preservation work.

signatureSignature is abbreviated.

layoutThe first page of the letter is on one recto in portrait orientation, but the second page is on two verso, not one verso, in landscape orientation.

noteworthyAs noted in the trailer, this document is a copy. A modern hand has written “13 x” at the top right-hand corner of one recto.

EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain

Persistent Identifier
Revd & Dr Sir
Yours of the 12th Inſ.t came to hand
yeſterday. I was Sorry that we could [illegible]not See you
before we left Ed.r which we Should have waited to
have done on your return had it not been for two
or three circumſtances which are too lengthy to
recite now. I Should moſt cheerfully oblige you
in Sending the Anſwers to the Objections, but hope
you will excuſe it for the preſent as I Shall
probably want them in the courſe of my tra­
vils. & have not time poſſibly to tranſcribe them
at preſent; perhaps it may anſwer as well when
I return to Edinb.r which will be in a few weeks.
As to the expreſſion which is not agreable in the
Societies recommendation, I hope it will give none of­
fence—# however it would have been the Same thing to
us had it been expreſſed otherwiſe, & the Same thing
kept in view; for all we deſire is that the Society & the
Truſt in London may may by be one in deſign & action, & So
manage the affair as to eſſae the monies for mr Wheelock
the Same way & thro the Same channel to prevent a claſh
which might be the caſe in any other way than that pro­
poſed & agreed to.
The Objection made in a Company of miniſter, that
mr Wheelock is promoting Preſbytery in oppoſition to ye
Ch-h of England you treat with becoming contempt;
for the Church of E. had not a Single miſſry among
[left]# for I can't See that the man.r of expreſſion will at all obſtruct or hinder
the iſſuing the moniyes to mr Wheelock thro' ye Truſt in London appointed
by your Commiſſion & to be accountable to you agreable to what you
mentioned to mr Smith [gap: hole][guess: &] me.
the Indians — were doing nothing for their converſion, were educating
no youth for miſſions; but imployed all their money to promote Epiſco­
pacy, not among the Indians, but among preſbyterians who were Goſ­
palized
& who fled from their Tyranny in England & found a more peacible
retreat among the wild Savages of north America. They were doing
nothing for the Indians, & muſt the whole world lie Still, & follow
their example, or be branded with party if they do not! —God will
take care of his own Cauſe & one day Shew who are the bigots, yea
he hath Shewn it already if people would but open their Eyes to
See— With moſt reſpectful compliments to you & M.rs Erſkine &
Children, in which Meſſ.rs Smith & Occom join, & aſking your
prayers, I am, Dr Sir

your Obliged humble Servt
Nathl Whitaker
NB We have preached for the Revd mr McCullock, & if poſſible
will viſit the Rev.d mr Stoddart, but if not will write
to him our excuſe
The Coppy of
a Letter to Dr
John Erſkine
Sent June 17. 1767
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