Joseph Woolley, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1761 November 2
ms-number761602.1
abstractWoolley asks leave to visit Mohegan and Lyme.
handwritingHandwriting is small, yet formal and clear.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in poor condition, with heavy creasing and wear. The majority of two recto/verso is missing.
inkBlack-brown.
noteworthyThe meaning of the word "Marey," written after the trailer on one verso, is uncertain.
Modernized Version Deletions removed; additions added in; modern spelling and capitalization added; unfamiliar abbreviations expanded.
Lebanon
November 2 A.D. 1761
Rev.
and
Honoured Sir
I now with Pleasure set down to congra‐ tulate myself, and shall employ myself in writing these Following Lines. and I would inform you in the first Place that I am
in good state of health, nor I never felt so
hearty
since I came to Live with Mr.
Wheelock hoping you are the same, I dont
mean since you came to Live with
Mr.
Wheelock. And also I wou[gap: tear][guess: l]d beg Leave of you to Let me go and Visit my
Friend at Mohegan and from thence to Lyme that is About Six miles beyond New London, Now as soon As
possible before the vacancy
is up, it may be by that means my mind
may be loosened from home. for they Expect to see me there sometime this Fall and they desired me to come.
I told, them, I should come if I could get Leave, and Nothing would Happen more then
Common. but I must conclude. Thus have I said.
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