Author
Secutor, Mary
Date16 November, 1768
ms number768616
abstractSecutor writes to Wheelock for direction about her promise to marry
Hezekiah Calvin, which she is reconsidering.
handwritingHandwriting is uneven, yet formal and mostly legible. On
one verso, Wheelock's hand is informal and difficult to decipher. The trailer
is
in a third, unknown hand.
paperSingle small sheet is in good condition, with light staining,
creasing and wear.
inkBrown inks vary in intensity.
noteworthyOn one verso, an addition in Wheelock's hand is possibly
notes for a sermon. Within these notes, it is uncertain as to what is Wheelock's
intention regarding the word "Souce," and so it has been left unmodified
in the
modernized transcription.
Charleston
November. 16th
1768
Rev.d
&
Hon-ned
Sir
I am in a Stand what
to do about my Promes I have made to
H. Calvin I,
^think^ it best not to
M[illegible][guess: ary]
Marry him
I think he has
[illegible]no regards for me
more
then he has any giral. So I en
[illegible]tend to live
Single. I have had more Regards for
Calvin then ever I had for anny In
[illegible]dian in my
[guess: fife] I have minded him for enough I think,
(tho I have the Same love as ever I had,) not
to Cuple before he has. Si
r
far
Mar–ge we
agreed nothing to part us but death, now
I know not what to do if
we Should have
one another
[illegible]he will always
think that I
Like hem not, So I will Say nothing to him
untell I hear from you Si
r I hope y
o will
^[left][illegible]^
if it is my tell me what is my duty to do
& I will do it. my
[illegible] Parents are a mind I
shou
^ld^ have
Calvin
I love him well enough but what to
do I know not but I hope I Shall be
Derected to do what is rite, So I will Commit
T the Reven
t
Docetor Wheelock
att
Lebanon
[below]D.1. how ever great y.e
[illegible][guess: [Senſ] Souce of want ^his Neceſsities^ may be, and however
abund.t and Earneſt his Endrs for leif may be he dos
nothg out of
Obed.c to God, & Nil y.t
G. commands him to do before Faith. D.2. y.e
Promiſes of G. are as much to ye
Serv,t as ^ya^ can be. and as Sure as he harkens to and obeys ye
comds of G. So Surely he will
ha'
ye
releif
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