Samson Occom, Journal Fragment
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[note (type: abstract): Fragment of a journal describes Occom's travels along the Connecticut coast and Long Island.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is clear and legible.][note (type: paper): Single small sheet folded into four pages is in fair-to-poor condition, with heavy creasing, staining and wear. Wear in the upper outside corners results in some loss of text.][note (type: ink): Brown ink is faded in spots.][note (type: noteworthy): There are red pencil marks on two verso. An editor, likely 19th-century, has underlined portions of the text in black ink and, on two verso, added the note: / If common year, 1 day of [Jan. | January]Jan.January
Thursday
Then 1747, 1761.. 1778, 1758
If leap year^[above] was Sunday..^ was Sunday.. Then 1749, 1769, [& | and]&and 1775 If leap year, then Saturday [1st | 1st]1st1st
[Jan | January]JanJanuary: and year was 1780.. ([illegible] likely)
the reverend from [mauntauk | Montauk]mauntaukMontauk[place0144.ocp] to
[mohegan | Mohegan]moheganMohegan[place0143.ocp] in 1764 - 1765.
]
Persistent Identifier
Montauk[place0144.ocp] May [ye | the]yethe [4th | 4th]4th4th [gap: worn_edge]
a few of us [Sot | set]Sotset out from
Montauk[place0144.ocp] to [viſit | visit]viſitvisit our Brethre^[above] n^n at [Maſtick | Mystic]MaſtickMystic[place0473.ocp], and got So far
[illegible]
Hay ground[place0474.ocp] at Night,
[illegible][guess (lrb): [Fry | Fri]FryFri][Fry | Fri]FryFriday Morning [illegible][Sot | set]Sotset out from hayground[place0474.ocp], and got
So far to [illegible][guess (lrb): one]one
Homan[pers1143.ocp]s, Saturda^[above] y^y
from Thence and got to [maſ‐tick | Mys‐tic]maſ‐tickMys‐tic[place0473.ocp] about [illegible]Noon [& | and]&and found our Brethren [generaly | generally]generalygenerally well
[&c | etc.]&cetc. — and had a Meetitng with them at Night — But
nothing Special [Appeard | appeared]Appeardappeared — at that — [Sabath | Sabbath]SabathSabbath May [illegible][guess (lrb): [ye | the]yethe][ye | the]yethe 7 held a meeting with them again all [illegible] Day But nothing [illegible] very remarka‐ ble
[gap: tear][guess (lrb): yet]yet they were very at
[illegible][guess (lrb): t]tentive to hear the
very word — Mon[illegible]day May [ye | the]yethe 8 we Came [a way | away]a wayaway, and had a Short Meeting at
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Henry Haven'^[above] s^s[pers1144.ocp], and the People [Seem'd | seemed]Seem'dseemed to attend with good attention, — and from thence we went to
Moriches[place0475.ocp],^[above] ^^^ and had
^[above] [meetg | meeting]meetgmeeting^[meetg | meeting]meetgmeeting at Ben‐
[Caſtle | Castle]CaſtleCastle[pers1145.ocp]s Wigwam, and in the morning May [ye | the]yethe 9 we [Sot | set]Sotset out from thence to‐ wards home and to So far as
[Shenegecock | Shinnecock]ShenegecockShinnecock[place0423.ocp], and had a meeting there with [ye | the]yethe Indians[org0157.ocp], but nothing re‐ markable [appeard | appeared]appeardappeared
[a‐mongſt | a‐mongst]a‐mongſta‐mongst them — [Wedneſday | Wednesday]WedneſdayWednesday may the 10 we [Sot | set]Sotset out from there and got home
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pers1143.ocp | Homan | mentioned | Homan |
pers1144.ocp | M r Mr. Henry Haven' s | mentioned | Haven, Henry |
pers1145.ocp | Ben‐ Caſtle Castle | mentioned | Castle, Ben |
Places identified in this document:
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place0144.ocp | Montauk | Montauk |
place0473.ocp | Maſtick Mystic | Mystic |
place0474.ocp | Hay ground | Hayground |
place0474.ocp | hayground | Hayground |
place0473.ocp | maſ‐ tick Mys‐ tic | Mystic |
place0475.ocp | Moriches | Moriches |
place0423.ocp | Shene g ecock Shinnecock | Shinnecock |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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org0157.ocp | yethe Indians | Shinnecock Tribe |
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modernization | 1st | 1st |
variation | mauntauk | Montauk |
variation | mohegan | Mohegan |
modernization | ye | the |
modernization | 4th | 4th |
variation | Sot | set |
modernization | viſit | visit |
variation | Maſtick | Mystic |
variation | Fry | Fri |
variation | maſ‐tick | Mys‐tic |
variation | generaly | generally |
modernization | &c | etc. |
variation | Appeard | appeared |
variation | Sabath | Sabbath |
variation | a way | away |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
modernization | Caſtle | Castle |
variation | Shenegecock | Shinnecock |
variation | appeard | appeared |
modernization | a‐mongſt | a‐mongst |
modernization | Wedneſday | Wednesday |
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Jan. | January |
& | and |
Jan | January |
Seem'd | seemed |
meetg | meeting |
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