Hezekiah Calvin, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 November
Date1767-11
Call Number767640
abstractCalvin writes to Wheelock, asking him for permission to visit Mohegan for Thanksgiving.
handwritingHeavily slanted, yet clear and legible.
paperSmall sheet that is yellowed but in good condition. The left edge (one recto) appears to have been trimmed.
inkLight brown.
Persistent Identifier
With humble Submiſsion
I would ask this one favour of the Doctor
(ie) wether I[illegible][guess: it] might go to Mohegan to
keep
Thanksgiving, if it is any ways consistant
with thine affairs, & if it is, I should be glad
Sir of thy approbabtion, But I should rather
go farther. becauſe I have received a Letter,
in which I was deſired to gome down their
& pay a short viſit to them, but I leave
all to the Doctor for to Direct in this
affair.
I would ask this one favour of the Doctor
(ie) wether I
Thanksgiving, if it is any ways consistant
with thine affairs, & if it is, I should be glad
Sir of thy approbabtion, But I should rather
go farther. becauſe I have received a Letter,
in which I was deſired to go
& pay a short viſit to them, but I leave
all to the Doctor for to Direct in this
affair.
Sir
I am thine
unworthy Servant
Hezekiah Calvin
I am thine
unworthy Servant
Hezekiah Calvin
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