Mary Secutor, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 November 16
16 November 1768[1768-11-16]
ms number768616
[note (type: abstract): Secutor writes to Wheelock for direction about her promise to marry Hezekiah Calvin, which she is reconsidering.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is uneven, yet formal and mostly legible. On one verso, Wheelock's hand is informal and difficult to decipher. The trailer is in a third, unknown hand.][note (type: paper): Single small sheet is in good condition, with light staining, creasing and wear.][note (type: ink): Brown inks vary in intensity.][note (type: noteworthy): On one verso, an addition in Wheelock's hand is possibly notes for a sermon. Within these notes, it is uncertain as to what is Wheelock's intention regarding the word "Souce," and so it has been left unmodified in the modernized transcription.]
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
[Charleston | Charlestown]CharlestonCharlestown[place0031.ocp]
November. [16th | 16th]16th16th
1768[1768-11-16]
[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[& | and]&and
[Hon-ned | Honoured]Hon-nedHonoured
[Sir | Sir]SirSir
I am in a Stand what to do about my [Promes | promise]Promespromise I have made to [H. | Hezekiah]H.Hezekiah Calvin[pers0008.ocp] I, ^[above] think^think it best not to
M[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): ary]ary
Marry him I think he has [illegible]no regards for me
more then he has any [giral | girl]giralgirl. So I [en[illegible]tend | intend]en[illegible]tendintend to live Single. I have had more Regards for Calvin[pers0008.ocp] then ever I had for [anny | any]annyany In[illegible]dian in my [guess (): [fife | life]fifelife][fife | life]fifelife I have minded him for enough I think, ([tho | though]thothough I have the Same love as ever I had,) not to [Cuple | couple]Cuplecouple before he has. [Sir | Sir]SirSir
[far | for]farfor
[Mar–ge | marriage]Mar–gemarriage we agreed nothing to part us but death, now I know not what to do if
we Should have one another [illegible]he will always
think that I Like [hem | him]hemhim not, So I will Say nothing to him
[untell | until]untelluntil I hear from you [Sir | Sir]SirSir I hope [yo | you]yoyou will
^[left] [illegible]^[illegible]
if it is my tell me what is my duty to do
[& | and]&and I will do it. my [illegible] Parents are a mind I
shou^[above] ld^ld have Calvin[pers0008.ocp]
I love him well enough but what to
do I know not but I hope I Shall be
[Derected | directed]Derecteddirected to do what is [rite | right]riteright, So I will Commit
[Closer]
So Remain your Obedient [Servnt | Servant]ServntServant
Mary [Secuter | Secutor]SecuterSecutor[pers0468.ocp]
[Trailer]
[left] Mary [Secuter | Secutor]SecuterSecutor[pers0468.ocp]
[Nov,r | November]Nov,rNovember 16. 1768.[1768-11-16]
Mary [Secuter | Secutor]SecuterSecutor[pers0468.ocp]
[Nov,r | November]Nov,rNovember 16. 1768.[1768-11-16]
[T | to]Tto the [Revent | Reverend]ReventReverend
[Docetor | Doctor]DocetorDoctor Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[att | at]attat
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
[below] D.1. how ever great [y.e | the]y.ethe
[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [[Senſ | sense]Senſsense][[Senſ | sense]Senſsense Souce of want ^[above] his [Neceſsities | necessities]Neceſsitiesnecessities^his [Neceſsities | necessities]Neceſsitiesnecessities may be, and however
[abund.t | abundant]abund.tabundant and [Earneſt | earnest]Earneſtearnest his [Endrs | endeavours]Endrsendeavours for [leif | life]leiflife may be he [dos | does]dosdoes
[nothg | nothing]nothgnothing out of
[Obed.c | obedience]Obed.cobedience to God, [& | and]&and Nil [y.t | that]y.tthat
[G. | God]G.God commands him to do before Faith. D.2. [y.e | the]y.ethe
[Promiſes | promises]Promiſespromises of [G. | God]G.God are as much to [ye | the]yethe
[Serv,t | servant]Serv,tservant as [^[above] ya^ya | they]^[above] ya^yathey can be. and as Sure as he [harkens | hearkens]harkenshearkens to and obeys [ye | the]yethe
[comds | commands]comdscommands of [G. | God]G.God So Surely he will
[ha' | have]ha'have
[ye | the]yethe
[releif | relief]releifrelief
[promiſed | promised]promiſedpromised =
D.1. how ever great [y.e | the]y.ethe
[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [[Senſ | sense]Senſsense][[Senſ | sense]Senſsense Souce of want ^[above] his [Neceſsities | necessities]Neceſsitiesnecessities^his [Neceſsities | necessities]Neceſsitiesnecessities may be, and however
[abund.t | abundant]abund.tabundant and [Earneſt | earnest]Earneſtearnest his [Endrs | endeavours]Endrsendeavours for [leif | life]leiflife may be he [dos | does]dosdoes
[nothg | nothing]nothgnothing out of
[Obed.c | obedience]Obed.cobedience to God, [& | and]&and Nil [y.t | that]y.tthat
[G. | God]G.God commands him to do before Faith. D.2. [y.e | the]y.ethe
[Promiſes | promises]Promiſespromises of [G. | God]G.God are as much to [ye | the]yethe
[Serv,t | servant]Serv,tservant as [^[above] ya^ya | they]^[above] ya^yathey can be. and as Sure as he [harkens | hearkens]harkenshearkens to and obeys [ye | the]yethe
[comds | commands]comdscommands of [G. | God]G.God So Surely he will
[ha' | have]ha'have
[ye | the]yethe
[releif | relief]releifrelief
[promiſed | promised]promiſedpromised =
Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0008.ocp | H. Hezekiah Calvin | mentioned | Calvin, Hezekiah |
pers0008.ocp | Calvin | mentioned | Calvin, Hezekiah |
pers0468.ocp | Mary Secuter Secutor | writer | Secutor, Mary |
pers0036.ocp | Docetor Doctor Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
Places identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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place0031.ocp | Charleston Charlestown | Charlestown |
place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
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Dates identified in this document:
Standard Form | Text |
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1768-11-16 | November. 16th16th 1768 |
1768-11-16 | Nov,rNovember 16. 1768. |
Regularized text:
Type | Original | Regularized |
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variation | Charleston | Charlestown |
modernization | 16th | 16th |
modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
modernization | Sir | Sir |
variation | Promes | promise |
variation | giral | girl |
variation | en[illegible]tend | intend |
variation | anny | any |
variation | tho | though |
variation | Cuple | couple |
variation | far | for |
variation | hem | him |
variation | untell | until |
variation | Derected | directed |
variation | rite | right |
variation | Secuter | Secutor |
variation | Docetor | Doctor |
variation | att | at |
modernization | y.e | the |
modernization | Senſ | sense |
modernization | Neceſsities | necessities |
modernization | Earneſt | earnest |
variation | leif | life |
variation | dos | does |
modernization | y.t | that |
modernization | Promiſes | promises |
modernization | ye | the |
modernization | ^[above] ya^ya | they |
variation | harkens | hearkens |
variation | releif | relief |
modernization | promiſed | promised |
Expanded abbreviations:
Abbreviation | Expansion |
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& | and |
Hon-ned | Honoured |
H. | Hezekiah |
Mar–ge | marriage |
yo | you |
Servnt | Servant |
Nov,r | November |
Revent | Reverend |
abund.t | abundant |
Endrs | endeavours |
nothg | nothing |
Obed.c | obedience |
G. | God |
Serv,t | servant |
comds | commands |
ha' | have |
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