Samson Occom, letter, to Robert Clelland, 1768

Author Occom, Samson

Date1768

Call 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 andme. 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

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Sir
 I wonder you Cant be eaſy.
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