Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Samson Occom, 1772 May 26

Author Wheelock, Eleazar

Date26 May, 1772

Call Number772326.1

abstractWheelock asks Occom to join McClure and Frisbie on a mission to Muskingum.

handwritingFormal handwriting is not Wheelock's; it is bold and loopy though clear and legible. The trailer is in Wheelock's hand.

paperSingle large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good-to-fair condition, with moderate-to-heavy creasing and wear.

inkBlack-brown.

noteworthyAs noted on two recto, this document is a copy. The original is manuscript 772326.2.

signatureThe signature is not Wheelock's.

Persistent Identifier
My dear Mr Occom.
I have lately receivd
a long Letter from our great Friend E[illegible]sqr
Thornton in which he expreſses his Wonted
affection & tender Regard for your comfort
as well as uſefulneſs and seems to have his
Heart open for your relief. —
I have wrote him of the Appointment of
Meſsrs Maccluer & Friſbie to a Miſsion at
Muſkingum about 100 Miles west of Fort Pitt
and that I would write you & propoſe to You to accom-
pany them to a Tribe of Indians not far from Muſk‐
ingham
who speak[illegible] your language —
It will be very agreeable to theſe Young Gentlemen
to have your Company as far as your way will be
together on Their Miſsion, And I doubt not but
it will alſo be very agreable to the Miſsionary whom
the Board of Coriſpondencets in the Jerſies shall
Send to accompany them, under the Patronage of
which Board [illegible]theſe Young Gentlemen are to
proceed, Whoſe Patronage and aſsiſtance I will alſo
beſpeak for you, and you shall have the same reward
as ſhall be allowed to one of theſe—
And if you will take your Brother David with
you & imploy him as a Schoolmaſter. I will
give him at the Rate of £50. lawful Money
[illegible]⅌ Annum all the while he is in that Service
till he can make a settlement Among them &
after that as reaſon and his neceſsities shall
require. — —
I expect theſe young Gentlemen will set out
within a month, M.r Spencer a Comittee from
that Board left me about 27th of April in order to
meet the Synod at Philadelphia with deſign
to obtain Mr Duffield to accompany them in
Case Mr Brainerd should not be able, who
[illegible]Was taken sick at New York on his way with
Mr Spencer to Hartford. —
I now write in hast becauſe I would improve
this opportunity of Conveyance to you —
pray let me know as soon as poſsible whether
you comply with this propoſal or not, and if you
conclude to go let me know what your preſent
Neceſsities are and What will be Neceſsary to advance
at preſent — If You go it will be beſt you
Should have a Recommendation from the Revd
M.r Pomeroy as well as from me, & from any
other Gentlemen of Character Who are known
in those Provinces as you are not unſenſible
of the Reports which have gone abroad of You.
The Lord mercifully incline Your Heart
to go forth to the help of the Lord againſt
[left]ye Powers of Darkneſs and make your hand
Strong. and your Spiritual Weapons
mighty to the pulling down the strong
holds of Satan —
Accept my Love to you & Mrs Occom
& your Children —
and be Asur'd I am

Your cordial Friend &
ready Servant

Eleaz[illegible]ar Wheelock
A Copy
Revd Sampſon Occom
To Rev.d M.r Occom
May. 26. 1772.

To
The Revd
M.r Sampſon Occom
at
Mohegan
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