John Wheelock, discharge, 1790 March 4
Date4 March, 1790
Call Number790204.2
abstractA draft of John Wheelock’s discharge of claims on the funds collected for the Charity School.
handwritingInformal handwriting is occasionally difficult to decipher.
paperOne sheet folded in half to form four pages is in good condition, with light creasing, staining and wear.
inkDark-brown.
noteworthyAs is noted on two verso, the document is a draft. The contents of this document are very similar to those of manuscript 790204.1.
signatureThe document is initialed.
Persistent Identifier
Know all Men by these Presents
That I John Wheelock of Hanover in
the County of Grafton and State of New
Hampshire L.L.D. President of
Moor's Indian Charity School in said
Hanover (which School was originally
founded by my honored father the late
Reverend Eleazar Wheelock D.D. at
Lebanon in Connecticut) to be
Succeſsor to my said honored father in [illegible][guess: the]
Presidency of said School, and one of the
Exectuors of his last Will and Testament
and with the Consent of the other
Executors named in the said Will
hereto with me Subscribing, for and
in consideration of the Sum of Six
hundred and fifty eight Pounds Eleven
Shillings and Eleven pence [illegible][guess: one] farthing
Sterling Money of Great Britain
Covenanted by the Society in Scotland
for propagating Christian Knowledge
to be paid by duly honoring my
two Sets of Exchange drawn on them
in favor of Thomas Ruſsel Esquire
on order dated Boston June 15.[illegible][guess: th]
Anno domini one thousand seven
hundred and eighty nine one of which
sets being for three hundred Pounds
Sterling, and the other Set for three
hundred and fifty eight Pounds Eleven
Shillings and Eleven pence one farthing
Sterling
Sterling have given up and
relinquished and in compliance with
and in terms of the Resolutions
of the said Society of date the
Seventeenth day of November one
thousand seven hundred and eighty
[illegible]five and signifed to me by their
Secretary in a Letter of date the
eighteenth day of that Month
and of the Twenty eighth day of
August one thousand seven hundred
and eighty nine sign[illegible]ified to me
by their Clerks in absence of their
Secretary in a Letter of date the
twelfth day of September
thereafter Do by these presents
give up Release and Relinquish
all Claims and Demands [illegible]
whatsover upon the said
Society with respect to the School
aforesaid from its first Institution
to the fifteenth day of June
one thousand sevenhundred
and eighty nine[illegible] Provided
Nevertheleſs that this shall not
operate as a Discharge therefrom
until payment shall have
been made of the two Sets of
Exchange abovementioned
In Witneſs whereof I
the said John Wheelock as principal and [illegible]
Eleazar Wheelock and James Wheelock the other
Exectuors in testimony of our Covenent have
have hereunto set[illegible]my our hands and
Seal[illegible] this day of —
J.w —
That I John Wheelock of Hanover in
the County of Grafton and State of New
Hampshire L.L.D. President of
Moor's Indian Charity School in said
Hanover (which School was originally
founded by my honored father the late
Reverend Eleazar Wheelock D.D. at
Lebanon in Connecticut) to be
Succeſsor to my said honored father in [illegible][guess: the]
Presidency of said School, and one of the
Exectuors of his last Will and Testament
and with the Consent of the other
Executors named in the said Will
hereto with me Subscribing, for and
in consideration of the Sum of Six
hundred and fifty eight Pounds Eleven
Shillings and Eleven pence [illegible][guess: one] farthing
Sterling Money of Great Britain
Covenanted by the Society in Scotland
for propagating Christian Knowledge
to be paid by duly honoring my
two Sets of Exchange drawn on them
in favor of Thomas Ruſsel Esquire
on order dated Boston June 15.[illegible][guess: th]
Anno domini one thousand seven
hundred and eighty nine one of which
sets being for three hundred Pounds
Sterling, and the other Set for three
hundred and fifty eight Pounds Eleven
Shillings and Eleven pence one farthing
Sterling
Sterling have given up and
relinquished and in compliance with
and in terms of the Resolutions
of the said Society of date the
Seventeenth day of November one
thousand seven hundred and eighty
Secretary in a Letter of date the
eighteenth day of that Month
and of the Twenty eighth day of
August one thousand seven hundred
and eighty nine sign
by their Clerks in absence of their
Secretary in a Letter of date the
twelfth day of September
thereafter Do by these presents
give up Release and Relinquish
all Claims and Demands [illegible]
whatsover upon the said
Society with respect to the School
aforesaid from its first Institution
to the fifteenth day of June
one thousand sevenhundred
and eighty nine[illegible] Provided
Nevertheleſs that this shall not
operate as a Discharge therefrom
until payment shall have
been made of the two Sets of
Exchange abovementioned
In Witneſs whereof I
the said John Wheelock as principal and [illegible]
Eleazar Wheelock and James Wheelock the other
Exectuors in testimony of our Covenent have
have hereunto set
Seal[illegible] this day of —
J.w —
Draught of Discharge
Loading...