Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Samson Occom, 1772 July 28

Author Wheelock, Eleazar

Date28 July, 1772

Call Number772428.2

abstractWheelock writes that he has drawn on John Thornton for £50 to cover Occom's debts, and that he hopes Occom will go on a mission. He has heard that Jacob Fowler and Joseph Johnson have become pious, and questions whether he should send Jacob to be a schoolmaster to the Oneidas.

handwritingHandwriting is small and informal, with many abbreviations.

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signatureThe signature is abbreviated.

Persistent Identifier
M.r Occom
My dear Man.
Yrs of y.e 3.d Inſt t is before me. I have wrote
Esq.r Thornton in y.r Favr & drawn a Bill on him to diſcharge
yr debts of £50 Sterlg wc I beleive will be beſt y.o ſho.d ſell
to capt N Backus as he will uſe yo as generouſly as any man
and also as I ſhall depend on him to ſupply yo if y.o ſho.d ingage
in ye Miſſn to y.e ſouthwd wc has been propoſd — I ſhall eſteem
nothg y.t is neceſsy for yo, too much to do for yo while yo appear to be
weak & lowly, & honeſtly ingagd to do w.t y.o can to build up & inlarge
ye cauſe of ye Redeemr — But yſ I tell yo agn y.t While thoſe
Tribes wo are und.r ye care of ye Boſton Board are profeſsedly
yr only Objt I cannot conſiſtantly, nor with out givg ofence
& expoſg myſelf & Patrons to reproach, Support y.o by y.e money
collectd for ye use of my School in great Britain, pleaſe to
let me know w.t y.r Determination in ye mattr is.
I rejoyce much to hear w.t yo relate of y.r B.r Jacob, & Jos
Johnſon, ye Latter has coſt me floods of Sorrow, as well as
much Toil & Expense, if ye Wk in him be genuine I ſhall likely
hear more of it.
M.r Auſtin by a Lr datd Albany 11. Inſtt on his way from
Montreal to Connecticut informs me of an openg there for
a School Maſter among the Indians. Johnſon's Character is ſuch
among their Brethn ye Onoidas y.t it wont do to ſend him, but
perhaps y.r Br Jacob, is ye very man pleaſe to let me hear from
yo & aſsure yrſlf y.t however uncharitable, unbrotherly,
& in Some Inſtances cruel yr Treatmt of me has appeard
I have Steadily endeavord to ſhow myſelf to be & continue to be
yr beſt earthly Friend.
Eleaz.r Wheelock
To M.r Occom July 28
1772


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