Allyn Mather, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 October 22
22 October 1767[1767-10-22]
Call Number767572.3
[note (type: abstract): Mather reports on his journey to Yale.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is formal, clear and legible. The trailer is in an unknown hand.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light staining, creasing and wear. The seal is largely intact.][note (type: ink): Brown-black ink is lightly faded.]
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
New-Haven[place0162.ocp]. [Oct.o | October]Oct.oOctober
[22.th | 22nd.]22.th22nd. 1767[1767-10-22]
[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[& | and]&and Honoured Sir
Both duty [& | and]&and affection excite me to write you.— knowing that you are [deſireous | desirous]deſireousdesirous to hear how I do and what [succes | success]successuccess
we I had on the way — which I would [informe | inform]informeinform you, [throug | through]througthrough a kind
[& | and]&and
^[above] a^a tender Providence I am safe [arive'd | arrived]arive'darrived
to ^[above] the^the place of my [deſire | desire]deſiredesire, and [thoſe | those]thoſethose that accompanied me, under comfortable—
[circumſtances | circumstances]circumſtancescircumstances, [& | and]&and all our Bones [preſerve'd | preserved]preſerve'dpreserved from being [Brooken | broken]Brookenbroken , and may God wtho has kept us, [& | and]&and
[preſerved | preserved]preſervedpreserved us ^[above] be^be Glorified [therefor | therefore]therefortherefore I have had no [op^[above] p^portunity | opportunity]op^[above] p^portunityopportunity to [git | get]gitget
[acqainted | acquainted]acqaintedacquainted with
[Colege | college]Colegecollege affairs, therefore I am unable to give you any account of the
same.
I went to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Bears[pers0076.ocp], [& | and]&and
[delived | delivered]deliveddelivered him the Money, which was [agreable | agreeably]agreableagreeably received
[& | and]&and further I [aſk | asked]aſkasked him for an entertainment but we could not have any— for he was
full— we put up at [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Augens[pers0061.ocp], where we [was | were]waswere
[agreable | agreeably]agreableagreeably
[entertain'd | entertained]entertain'dentertained
I [exspect | expect]exspectexpect this Morning if I can [git | get]gitget
[Hoars | horses]Hoarshorses
to set out for Milford[place0137.ocp]— I [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall conclude this Letter, with [ownly | only]ownlyonly this,— [aſking | asking]aſkingasking the continuation of your [pryers | prayers]pryersprayers for me
[& | and]&and for us all. that we may be kept very humble, [& | and]&and be adorned with a meek [& | and]&and quiet
[spiret | spirit]spiretspirit , which is in the [site | sight]sitesight of God a great
[price | prize]priceprize , [& | and]&and so behave [& | and]&and conduct [our selves | ourselves]our selvesourselves , that we may ^[above] be^be an honour to Religion, [& | and]&and ornament to the School[org0098.ocp], [& | and]&and
^[above] the^the
[deſign | design]deſigndesign advanced [there by | thereby]there bythereby I am in great [haſt | haste]haſthaste, [pleas | please]pleasplease to except much duty, to [your self | yourself]your selfyourself , [& | and]&and give kind regards to Sir Wheelock[pers0578.ocp],
I would [wrote | write]wrotewrite him, if time would [parmited | permitted]parmitedpermitted, S I [subſcribe | subscribe]subſcribesubscribe my self
[Closer]
Your [dutifull | dutiful]dutifulldutiful Pupil
[& | and]&and humble [Servent | servant]Serventservant
Allyn Mather[pers0361.ocp]
[Trailer]
the [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[E. | Eleazar]E.Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]. DD.
[Trailer]
From Allyn [Marther | Mather]MartherMather[pers0361.ocp] from College[org0107.ocp]. [Oct.r | October]Oct.rOctober
[22.d | 22nd]22.d22nd 1767[1767-10-22]—
To The [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] D.D. in
Connecticut[place0048.ocp]
^[left] Pr favour} ^Pr favour}
^[left] Ripley[pers0444.ocp]}^Ripley[pers0444.ocp]}
Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0076.ocp | M r Mr. Bears | mentioned | Bears |
pers0061.ocp | M r Mr. Augens | mentioned | Augens |
pers0578.ocp | Sir Wheelock | Wheelock, Rodulphus | |
pers0361.ocp | Allyn Mather | writer | Mather, Allyn |
pers0036.ocp | E. Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0361.ocp | Allyn Marther Mather | writer | Mather, Allyn |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0444.ocp | Ripley | mentioned | Ripley, Sylvanus |
Places identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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place0162.ocp | New-Haven | New Haven |
place0137.ocp | Milford | Milford |
place0048.ocp | Connecticut | Connecticut |
Organizations identified in this document:
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org0098.ocp | School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
org0107.ocp | College | Yale University |
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1767-10-22 | Oct.oOctober 22.th22nd. 1767 |
1767-10-22 | Oct.rOctober 22.d22nd 1767 |
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modernization | deſireous | desirous |
variation | succes | success |
variation | informe | inform |
variation | throug | through |
modernization | deſire | desire |
modernization | thoſe | those |
modernization | circumſtances | circumstances |
modernization | preſerve'd | preserved |
variation | Brooken | broken |
modernization | preſerved | preserved |
variation | therefor | therefore |
variation | git | get |
variation | acqainted | acquainted |
variation | Colege | college |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
variation | delived | delivered |
variation | agreable | agreeably |
modernization | aſk | asked |
variation | was | were |
variation | entertain'd | entertained |
variation | exspect | expect |
variation | Hoars | horses |
modernization | ſhall | shall |
variation | ownly | only |
modernization | aſking | asking |
variation | pryers | prayers |
variation | spiret | spirit |
variation | site | sight |
variation | price | prize |
variation | our selves | ourselves |
modernization | deſign | design |
variation | there by | thereby |
modernization | haſt | haste |
variation | pleas | please |
variation | your self | yourself |
variation | wrote | write |
variation | parmited | permitted |
modernization | subſcribe | subscribe |
variation | dutifull | dutiful |
variation | Servent | servant |
variation | Marther | Mather |
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Oct.o | October |
Rev.d | Rev. |
& | and |
arive'd | arrived |
op^[above] p^portunity | opportunity |
E. | Eleazar |
Oct.r | October |
22.d | 22nd |
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