Elizabeth Walcutt, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 September 8
Date8 September, 1769
Call Number769508
abstractWalcutt writes that she is going to send her son to the school.
handwritingHandwriting is informal yet clear and legible. It is possibly not that of Walcutt's. The trailer is in a different, unknown hand.
paperSmall single sheet is in good condition, with light staining, creasing and wear.
inkBrown.
noteworthyThis document is possibly a copy.
Modernized Version Deletions removed; additions added in; modern spelling and capitalization added; unfamiliar abbreviations expanded.
Persistent Identifier
Boston
September 8 1769
Rev. and Dear Sir,
Rev. and Dear Sir,
having understood by Mr.
Mason that the School
is fixed So as to Confirm my hopes of your taking
my Son I embrace this opportunity by him to know
if he Should not answer the End proposed
Whether there will any Charge arise to me in Case
he Should Stay 'til 14 or 15 years of age which will
not interfere with his Learning a trade and how
Long before you will Send for him that I may
be a fitting him with Clothes and I Shall be glad
if you would tell Mr. Mason as you Shall think
proper for I am Resolved not to Let trifles Discourage
me for I am Very much Set upon it to have the
trial made and Leave the Event to him who is
the Sovereign order of all things So wishing you
all that Divine Support that the nature of So noble
and great a work Requires
is fixed So as to Confirm my hopes of your taking
my Son I embrace this opportunity by him to know
if he Should not answer the End proposed
Whether there will any Charge arise to me in Case
he Should Stay 'til 14 or 15 years of age which will
not interfere with his Learning a trade and how
Long before you will Send for him that I may
be a fitting him with Clothes and I Shall be glad
if you would tell Mr. Mason as you Shall think
proper for I am Resolved not to Let trifles Discourage
me for I am Very much Set upon it to have the
trial made and Leave the Event to him who is
the Sovereign order of all things So wishing you
all that Divine Support that the nature of So noble
and great a work Requires
I am Rev. Sir your
Sincere friend and well wisher Elizabeth Walcutt
Sincere friend and well wisher Elizabeth Walcutt
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