Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Robert Keen, 1767 October 16

Author Wheelock, Eleazar

Date16 October, 1767

Call Number767566.2

abstractWheelock says he is drawing money from the Trust in England, and urges Keen to relay its reaction to Wheelock's accounts. He writes about Brainerd's mission to Muskingum, Kirkland's mission to the Oneidas, Phineas Dodge and Joseph Johnson's schools in Oneida, and an "extraordinary and preternatural" occurrence, which he does not disclose.

handwritingHandwriting is informal, with some abbreviations, additions and deletions.

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Dear M.r Keen.

Not a line from you ſince yours of March 23.d & yo
may gueſs whether I'[illegible] not almoſt Impatient to know
whether thoſe noble and worthy Gentlemen of y.e Truſt
are well Setiſfied with the Accots &c which I have tranſmit
‐ted —
I hoped to have heard from y.o before I ſho.d be neceſsi‐
‐tated to draw any more Bills, but by the encloſed you
will See Such openings in Providence as muſt be em‐
braced, what ever Incroachments are made upon the
Capital— And I have accordingly Signd a Bill in Favour
of Mſsrs Danl & [illegible]Joſhua Lathrop for £140 Sterling. which
I have recived, and pray you to Honour. And expect to
Sign another in Favour of M.r Aſahel Clark, as Soon as
my Accotts with him can be Settled.
A few Days ago I rec.d a Letter from M.r Brainerd
adviſing that he is preparing for his proposed Miſsion
to the Ohio (ie to Muſkangham) early next ſpring
but cant get Suppties either for the Support of a Compan
‐ion or School Maſter — but depends upon me to do
it or ye Miſsion muſt drop. I am of opinion it
muſt be purſued — The Rev.d M.r Buell told me
laſt week, that M.r Beaty told him, that there were
not leſs than 40 under deep, and So far as he cod
See genuine convictions when he & M.r Duffells
left them laſt Spring year.
I gave you a Hint of Something extraordinary
and preternatural, preparitory to the Introduction
of those Gentlemen — and I wod have Served you
with a particular & Circumſtantial Acco.t of it before
now had not ye Letter faild in which it was. I expect
it Soon, and will Serve you with it as Soon as I can,
unleſs the Report that M.r Beaty ais gave to England be
 confirmd
confirmd by whom you may have the original
I have been hoping every Day according to the
Encouragment heretofore given, to receive a ſupply
of cloathing for my School & Miſsionaries, from
Home — I much regrett the Extraordinary Expence
of cloathing them at our Merchants Shops.
I informd you in a late Litter of M.r Kirtlands
deſign to make Application to our Gen.l Aſsembly
for aſsiſtance in Setting up Huſbandry among
his Indians — but the preſent favourable Appear‐
‐ances among his people have determined him not
to leave them till next Spring.
Two Days ago M.r Dodge & Joseph Johnſon
Sat off in order to take ye [illegible] Schools at y.e two
Towers in Onoida.
Give my beſt Regards to good dear M.r Smith if
he be yet with you — pleaſe to let him & M.r
Whitefield
See the incloſed.
And if M.r Whitefield be from home, I give
you leave to open mine to him, but with
Such Caution in the use of [illegible]what I write as
ye nature of ye Caſe requires, & your Prudence
Shall dictate.—
We have a Rumour that M.r Whitaker & Mr
Occom are in Ireland. if they be with you
let them receive all as tho' wrote to thim
with my their families are well.
My Hond & dear ſir, pray for

 Yours in the glorious Im̅anuel

Eleazar Wheelock
[right]Letter to M.r R: Keen
Oct.r 16th 1767


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