When
Mr. Jewett laid in the Charge he de‐
‐clined pursuing it, lest it should appear
like a personal
controversy , he also said
that there were Evidences in the Case who
were not here.
Mr. Occom
removed
Mr. Jewetts objection against
pursuing
the charges against him both
insisted that it should be delayed 'til all
the Evidences could be had and showed a
great desire that Everything anyBody had
to allege
against him should be brought
to the Light — so as to leave nothing more
to be said afterwards — it was then proposed
that
Mr. Occom should own all that
Mr. Jewett Supposed any could say
against
him. or if there Should be any material
contradiction which
Should
require proof we
might then Adjourn. Whereupon we proceeded to a hearing
and were more than a Day upon it.
they
agreed in their Accounts of th
[illegible]ng without
any
material contradiction Which they did not settle
and adjust between them. the consequence of
which you see in the enclosed. After
Mr. Jewett
had
had agreed to
[illegible] to Repair the Injury
done
Mr. Occom's Character at
Boston they
Shook hands, renewed their friendship,
Mr. Occom told him that as fast as he could consistently
he Should have proof of the Sincerity of his friend‐
ship towards him, but told him that the Indians
were at present
against him
(Mr. Jewett) that
if he himself
should appear open and full
in it at once it would prejudice the Indians so
against
him as to disable him to serve them in their most
important concerns and defeat the great design
of his bringing them back to
Mr. Jewetts ministry , which
he was sincerely desirous to the proposal was agreeable
and thought to be judicious
It was then moved that the writing between
them relative to the Case should be all burnt
and so the Hatchet forever buried —
Mr. Jewett was first in gathering the Papers and
called
Mr. Occom to it. They both took hold of them and jointly
cast them into the fire — which they were
Cautioned not to burn the House down.
And as I understand it, it was only
on Account of the Settlement which
we all hoped would be lasting that no Record
to perpetuate the
memory of the controversy
has been hitherto made.
and I apprehend that after
Mr. Occom had made his
Defence and
submission he stand in as good a light
before this
Board,
as ever
what
Mr. Occom has done or how defective
Mr. Jewett was in giving the account of him I cant tell, but
that the case as it was laid
before us was impartially heard and determined I have no
doubt.
and am persuaded it will be so thought of by all
impartial Judges. before we could propose
no
manner of advantage to ourselves
or the cause by favouring him in
in Iniquity When as
[illegible: [guess: we all]] knew all the
affairs which we judged had been transacted upon the
[illegible]
[illegible: [guess: base]].
I have done every thing in my power as I had opportunity
to keep
Mr. Occom back from meddling in Masons Case, and we were all
heartily Sorry that he wrote and
Signed the Indians story with
the
Tribe
which I suppose is the whole he has done in the case
but it cant now be helped
and if he had not been a minister I suppose none would
have
disputed his right to do it so long
as he Supposed he had right and justice on his Side is —
and how far high resentments in the case, or any
thing that looks like Endeavors to bear him down by
Majoration will serve our cause at Home, or what
will be their sentiments
of anything of that Nature, if any should
be Ill Natured enough to make Such a representation
of us there, belongs to Gentlemen of Penetration
to judge —