Joseph Woolley, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1765 July 22
Author
Woolley, Joseph
Date22 July, 1765
ms number765422
abstractWoolley writes that he has been taken very ill, and updates Wheelock
on the whereabouts of other charity school students.
handwritingHandwriting is small and loose, yet clear and formal. There
are several uncrossed t’s that have been corrected by the transcriber. The
trailer
is in an unknown hand.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good
condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear.
inkInk is heavily faded to a light grey-brown.
noteworthyOn one recto, when Woolley mentions "the 2 Abrams," he is
referring to Abraham, and Abraham. On two verso, there are random
calculations written over the address; these calculations have not been
transcribed. There are upward slashes scattered seemingly randomly on the
document.
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You may well know by the first Sight there is something of the Matter with me etc. —
The Lord Almighty hath been pleas‐ ‐ed by his Sovereign goodness to lay me in the Bed of sickness; whereby I have been wholly disabled to help myself— However at this Time I am able to sit up for a few Minutes; improving, the lit‐ ‐tle Strength, yet
remaining in writing to you.,
I arrived here the 9th of this instant, and the
missionaries about the 7th.
I tried to go to
Onaquaga the next Day
but returned with
good Peter the self same Day
meeting him about 6 miles from the Town.
July 11th. I was unfortunately
taken very Ill, together
with a very high Fever, but the Fever is now
gone, and left me weakness. Blessed be God I am
revived from the Raking Pain.
I affrighted poor
Mr. Smith, he thought I had
the smallpox, because I had told him I had
been where People had been sick
and died with it, and
that was the reason we could not
see him at
Johnson Hall.
At turns, O
Mr. Wheelock I felt some
sweetness
! and the Love of Jesus
Christ which seem‐
ed to take the anguish of my Pain.
My Heart would seem to run out after him
and O how sweet it felt at such Times!
I am here lying at expense I shall come very Short of Money. if I don't feel better nor worse I shall endeavour to come Home very soon. I have no more to say. I have now lost my senses Duty
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