Samson Occom, letter, to Robert Clelland, 1768
Date1768
ms number768900.7
abstractOccom writes a bitter complaint about the stories that Clelland has been spreading about him.
handwritingCurvy, thick as if writer was pressing hard, lots of deletions, as well as some crossed l’s and uncrossed t’s, which transcriber has corrected; appears to have been written in an agitated state.
paperLarge rectangular sheet folded vertically; good condition with light-to-moderate creasing, staining and wear.
inkdark brown
noteworthyappears to be a draft; draft is undated
signatureabbreviated
EventsJewett Controversy
Persistent Identifier
I wonder ^[illegible][guess: &]^ am amazed that you Cant let your
quiet Neibours alone, I hear and I believe it is true, You are Continually writing,
tittles tattles mak ing Diſtrurbance among your ^good^ Neighbours, and I think you may be
properly Call'd a Buſy Body acording to Scripture — If Mr
Jewet has Calld me a Serpent I dont See that you have any Buſineſs to call me So — ^what^ if Mr
Jewet
Shoud kill a man, woud you go and kill another, becauſe he did So, if you are taking Example from Mr
Jewet why dont you follow his good Deeds?— I heard you Calld a Thief and
Lyer
even in your own Country even at Edenburgh and ^by your own Country men^
wou'd it be right in me, or woud you like it, to Call you a Lyer and a Thief, and to Blaze it abroad in writing — ^&^ You make great Complaint and Noiſe of being turn'd
^out^, if You woud but rightly you Coud not Complain of any Body ^for^ You ^yourſelf^
turn'd
yourſelf out, of your own Country, You turnd
yr
ſelf out of our School, and Your
turnd
gyr
ſelf of the Church, and Your are turning Yourſelf out of the Favour of every Body as faſt as you Can, Except them that are of your Genus — take Care that
you don't turn your Self out of Heaven —
I hope there is Mercy You Yet and for me in you repreſent me to be the vileſt Creature in Mohe I own I am bad enough and too bad, Yet I am Hear
ltily ^glad^ that I am not ^that^
old Robert Clealland, his Sins won't be Chargd to me and my Sins wont be Chargd to him, he muſt
anſwere for his w own works before his maker and I muſt
anſwere for mine — You Signify, as if it was in Your Power to do me harm
you have been trying all You Can and You may your worſt, I am not Concernd about, but I dont
Indtend to Hurt you — Sir you have wrote to me Several times ^&^ I never not wrote a Line, and you have Extorted this from
and^me^. You need not write to me any more for
will not [illegible]Anſwere
yr
Litters I wonnt Spend my Time and Paper about them, if you have any thing to Say to me at
any time Say it by word of Mouth
I am, Sir, Juſt what you Pleaſe
S:Occom
Blank page.
Sir
I wonder you Cant be eaſy.
To Rot Clelland
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