Samuel Johnson, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 November 12
Date12 November, 1767
Call Number767612.3
abstractJohnson writes from Yale of his progress, and that of other Wheelock students.
handwritingSomewhat scrawling hand is occasionally difficult to decipher, yet is nontheless formal and mostly legible.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear.
noteworthyAlthough it is not wholly certain, it is likely that the Indians to whom Johnson refers are the Mohawks at Fort Hunter. The trailer is in an unknown hand; it appears that this same hand is the one that has overwritten the month in dateline. An unknown hand has made pencil marks at the third paragraph on one recto.
I return moſt gr
his Goodneſs thus manifeſted towards the Heathen.
may farther Succeſes exceed your greateſt Expectations.
and that you may
Heaven and (ſeeing thouſands of poor Indians, flocking to
the Redeemer) very late [illegible][guess: aſſend] is the Prayer of Myriads
I have recoverd my Helth and able to
hard. Affairs go on very [guess: ſtil] here I believe a Reverenti
al Love univerſally riegns towards our worthy Teachours
Meather who as he told me was ſeck of College not being
uſd to ſo wicked aplace and under Sophemorical Govern
ment; but I hope he will ere long recover for I am ſure he
hath many Friends here. I can,t but admire at the uni
verſal Love which Wheelock
and very agreable Meene which is ſo natural in all his
Behaviour. I want to write the Indians and to hear what
become of thoſe I wrote laſt Spring. but at preſent know
of no Oppertunity — Revd & Hond Sir
by the Stricteſt Bonds of Gratitude I am
Humble Servant
Samuel Johnson
me know (when you have
an oppertunety) whether my
Horſe is heard of or not