Emmanuel Simon, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 April 1
Date1 April, 1767
Call Number767251
abstractSimon writes Wheelock asking to be reinstated in the School; Edward Deake adds a postscript.
handwritingNeat and legible. Handwriting is possibly the same as on 765566.1, 767115.1, 767351.1, 767552, 767559, 767562.2, 767630.2, 767660.2, 767231, and 768371.2.
paperYellowed, but otherwise in good condition.
inkDark brown.
noteworthy“Childhood and youth are vanity” is from Ecclesiastes 11:10.
signatureThere are two signatures; Deake's is abbreviated.
Persistent Identifier
Experiance has taught me
that "Childwhood, and youth is vanity."
I might now been under your tuition, &
been Instructed in the most fundamental
principles of Religion, but alas, all this
I've forfeted by leaving you! I unfeign
edly acknowledge I was to blame in leav
ing you, but hope you are good anough
to pardon me, and once more recive me
into your School. Which I should e
steem as the greatest favour.
that "Childwhood, and youth is vanity."
I might now been under your tuition, &
been Instructed in the most fundamental
principles of Religion, but alas, all this
I've forfeted by leaving you! I unfeign
edly acknowledge I was to blame in leav
ing you, but hope you are good anough
to pardon me, and once more recive me
into your School. Which I should e
steem as the greatest favour.
I am, (Revd
Sr with great respect,)
your most obedient Humble Servt
Immanuel Simon
Immanuel Simon
Sr If you receive this young man
into your School, I hope you'll
be able to make a good one of him,
for I'm sure there's great need of it.
into your School, I hope you'll
be able to make a good one of him,
for I'm sure there's great need of it.
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