Nathaniel Whitaker, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 April 11
Date11 April, 1769
Call Number769261
abstractWhitaker writes that he is ready to license Mr. Huntington for a mission among the Indians. He also refers to business among other ministers.
handwritingWhitaker's hand is formal and clear, though letter case is occasionally difficult to discern, especially with regard to the letter S.
paperLarge sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light staining and wear. The paper has been folded many times, yet the creasing is not particularly heavy.
inkBlack-brown.
signatureThe signature is abbreviated.
noteworthyIn the second-to-last line of one recto, the phrase "Woe is me that I live in Meshek" references Psalm 120:5.
Modernized Version Deletions removed; additions added in; modern spelling and capitalization added; unfamiliar abbreviations expanded.
and I have examined him, and though his experiences does not
appear to me to be so clear as I could desire, yet as
he seems desirous to devote his heart and life to god, and
is willing to enter on so difficult a work, as that of
a mission among the Savage Indians, and as he has a
competence degree of knowledge in divinity which may en‐
able him to instruct those poor Savages to good pur‐
pose, and appears Sound in the great and fundamental
points; I feel a freedom to approbate him.
draw and sign a license, I shall readily sign it
are to be here at 2. o'clock in order to pursue the
advice of council, and endeavour a reconciliation. —
morning, and four of them were sent back un‐
opened —
town clerk lives 10 miles from him he could not get
it recorded; but will do that and bring it with him at the
council the 25th instant and they you and a delegate must come
again — Woe is me that I live in Meshek — O to be
directed right —