Elisha Gunn, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 September 2

Author Gunn, Elisha

Date2 September, 1767

Call Number767502.3

abstractGunn writes to introduce an Oneida chief.

handwritingFormal handwriting is largely clear and legible.

paperSingle medium-sized sheet is in fair condition; it is thin and fragile with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear. The remnants of the wax seal appear to have preserved a fingerprint.

noteworthyIt is uncertain to whom Gunn refers when he mentions "Rev. Smith," although it is possibly Titus Smith.

Modernized Version Deletions removed; additions added in; modern spelling and capitalization added; unfamiliar abbreviations expanded.

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Rev. Sir
The bearer hereof Tho.[illegible][guess: c, e] King a Chief of the
the Oneida Tribe living at Onaquaga arrived
at my house last Wednesday on his journey to Boston,
and Expected that I Should have Borne him Company,
But I Cant by reason of my indisposition of Body
I advised him to go By the way of Lebanon Thinking You Would not Take
it amiss, we were in hopes of finding Mr. Chamberlain
here to accompany him to your house But he is
Not at home, I Should Be Glad to Come Down
myself if I was Able, he is a man of Value
and I hope may find favour [guess: where] Ever he goes,
he desires that you will please to send an Indian Boy
with him to Boston if you have any of the Mohawk
Tribe
that can Speak English
as to Other particulars See The Rev.
Mr. Smith's letter

these from Your Humble Servant Elisha Gunn
To The Rev. Mr.
Eleazar Wheelock
PS
Sir You Seemed to think in Your letter that I
had been Shy of Your house, if I am So, it is
without any just grounds for it, I never was
within twenty miles of Your house But twice
in my life the first time I Called to see You
and was kindly Treated the
Second Time I intended to have kept Sabbath
at Your house But stopped at Lebanon By a
Storm and past Your house a Sabbath Evening
with Some Company that would not Stop
and was loath to Brake Company E Gunn


from Mr. Elisha Gunn
September 2. 1767.

To
The Rev. Mr. Eleazar Wheelock
At
Lebanon
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