Solomon Williams, letter, to Andrew Oliver, 1750 April 16
16 April 1750[1750-04-16]
ms number750266
[note (type: abstract): Williams writes to Oliver that he has advised Occom, who has been successfully teaching the Indians at Montauk for the last six months, to remain with them and await orders from the Commissioners. He includes an extract of a letter from Azariah Horton asking for an extension of Occom's services.][note (type: handwriting): Formal handwriting is very neat and clear; it is not Williams's. The trailer, however, is in Williams's hand.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good-to-fair condition, with light-to-moderate creasing, staining and wear. Repair work has been done to particularly heavy creases. The watermark is visible on two recto.][note (type: ink): Black-brown ink has corroded the paper near the top of one recto.][note (type: noteworthy): As is noted on one recto and two verso, this document is a copy.]EventsOccom’s Mission to the Montauketts
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
16 [Apr.l | April]Apr.lApril 1750[1750-04-16].
[Hon.d | Honoured]Hon.dHonoured
[S.r | Sir]S.rSir
This waits on you to inform [gap: hole][guess (h-dawnd): you]you the [hon.le | honourable]hon.lehonourable
[Com̅iſ.rs | Commissioners]Com̅iſ.rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp] that [Sampson | Samson]SampsonSamson
[Occum | Occom]OccumOccom[pers0030.ocp] the Indian under your care was with me on Saturday last from
Long Island[place0129.ocp], where he has been keeping
school among the Indians[org0061.ocp] at Montauk[place0144.ocp] for 6 months past. He tells me he has had
about 40 Children who have steadily attended his school [& | and]&and made good profici=‐ency, and the
Indians have given him his board and about £10 York [mony | money]monymoney, [& | and]&and some English People have con=tributed 40[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [ſ | s]ſs][ſ | s]ſs more. The Indians are very desirous of his continuance in
the School 6 months longer and offer him £13 York [mony | money]monymoney; I am [informd | informed]informdinformed from [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Horton[pers0262.ocp] the Gentleman who has the care of those Indians[org0061.ocp] that [Sampson | Samson]SampsonSamson[pers0030.ocp] has been serviceable to them on religious accounts [& | and]&and very much [helpd | helped]helpdhelped them against some wild enthusiastical Notions they had been led into by
some foolish Indian Exhorters, [& | and]&and given them more just thoughts of the nature of Religion. I am told by
[Sampson | Samson]SampsonSamson[pers0030.ocp] that [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Pemberton[pers0415.ocp]
[& | and]&and
Burr[pers0108.ocp] are desirous to have him in the Jersies[place0163.ocp]. His eyes have been at times something
better but are not so well as that He ca[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): n]n pursue his Studies. I have advised him to go back to
the Indians[org0061.ocp] at Montauk[place0144.ocp], but not to engage for any certain time [till | 'til]till'til the pleasure of the [Comiſ.rs | Commissioners]Comiſ.rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp] be known — with due respects I am
[Closer]
[ſr | sir]ſrsir
[y.r | your]y.ryour very [humle | humble]humlehumble
[Servt | servant]Servtservant
Solomon Williams[pers0039.ocp]
[Opener]
To Andrew Oliver[pers0031.ocp]
[Esq.r | Esq.]Esq.rEsq.
Copy
Extract of [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
[Az: | Azariah]Az:Azariah Horton[pers0262.ocp]s Letter dated Montauk[place0144.ocp]
[Sep.r | September]Sep.rSeptember 6. 1750[1750-09-06]. to the [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
[Sol.o | Solomon]Sol.oSolomon Williams[pers0039.ocp] which he sent forward for the Government of the [Comiſ.rs | Commissioners]Comiſ.rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp]
"Understanding that the [Comiſrs | Commissioners]ComiſrsCommissioners[org0095.ocp] had [refe[illegible]red | referred]refe[illegible]redreferred
[Sampson | Samson]SampsonSamson[pers0030.ocp]"[Occum | Occom]OccumOccom[pers0030.ocp] to your care [& | and]&and advice, and his half years agree="ment with
my People being almost [expird | expired]expirdexpired I now use "the freedom to [adviſe | advise]adviſeadvise you by a Line with respect to his "continuance among them ––
I most humbly [& | and]&and "importunately beg your countenance [& | and]&and leave in the "Affair.
Upon this the [Comiſ.rs | Commissioners]Comiſ.rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp] on 14 [Nov.r | November]Nov.rNovember following[1750-11-14] voted That
[Sampson Occum | Samson Occom]Sampson OccumSamson Occom[pers0030.ocp] be permitted to keep the School at
Mon=tauk[place0144.ocp] for 6 months
longer. And on 5 May 1751[1751-05-05]. Consented to his going to
the Jersies[place0163.ocp]
and from thence to [Susquehanah | Susquehanna]SusquehanahSusquehanna[place0206.ocp], [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Williams[pers0039.ocp] having first mentioned the thing, if not approving, yet
[expreſsing | expressing]expreſsingexpressing no dislike to the Proposal, since which I do not remember ever to have [rec.d | received]rec.dreceived a Line from [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Williams[pers0039.ocp] about it, [& | and]&and verily believe I never did as I am always careful to file all Letters which concern
the [Comiſ.rs | Commissioners]Comiſ.rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp]
[Closer]
I am [ſr | sir]ſrsir
[Yo.r | your]Yo.ryour most [obed.t | obedient]obed.tobedient
[Serv.t | servant]Serv.tservant
[A | Andrew]AAndrew Oliver[pers0031.ocp]
[Boſton | Boston]BoſtonBoston[place0013.ocp]
24 [Aug.t | August]Aug.tAugust 1751[1751-08-24].
^[bottom] [Hon.le | Honourable]Hon.leHonourable
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
[Secr | Secretary]SecrSecretary Willard[pers0793.ocp].^[Hon.le | Honourable]Hon.leHonourable
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
[Secr | Secretary]SecrSecretary Willard[pers0793.ocp].
[Trailer]
Copy of My [Lr | letter]Lrletter to
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Oliver[pers0031.ocp], [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Horton[pers0262.ocp]s [Lr | letter]Lrletter to Me.
Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0030.ocp | Sampson Samson Occum Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0262.ocp | M. r Mr. Horton | mentioned | Horton, Azariah |
pers0030.ocp | Sampson Samson | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0415.ocp | M. r Mr. Pemberton | mentioned | Pemberton, Ebenezer Jr. |
pers0108.ocp | Burr | mentioned | Burr, Aaron Sr. |
pers0039.ocp | Solomon Williams | writer | Williams, Solomon |
pers0031.ocp | Andrew Oliver | recipient | Oliver, Andrew |
pers0262.ocp | M. r Mr. Az: Azariah Horton | mentioned | Horton, Azariah |
pers0039.ocp | M r Mr. Sol. o Solomon Williams | writer | Williams, Solomon |
pers0030.ocp | Occum Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0030.ocp | Sampson Occum Samson Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0039.ocp | M. r Mr. Williams | writer | Williams, Solomon |
pers0031.ocp | A Andrew Oliver | recipient | Oliver, Andrew |
pers0793.ocp | M. r Mr. Sec r Secretary Willard | mentioned | Willard |
pers0031.ocp | M r Mr. Oliver | recipient | Oliver, Andrew |
pers0262.ocp | M r Mr. Hor ton | mentioned | Horton, Azariah |
Places identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0129.ocp | Long Island | Long Island |
place0144.ocp | Montauk | Montauk |
place0163.ocp | the Jersies | New Jersey |
place0144.ocp | Mon= tauk | Montauk |
place0206.ocp | Susquehanah Susquehanna | Susquehanna River |
place0013.ocp | Boſton Boston | Boston |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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org0095.ocp | hon.lehonourable Com̅iſ.rsCommissioners | The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America |
org0061.ocp | Indians | Montaukett Tribe |
org0061.ocp | those Indians | Montaukett Tribe |
org0095.ocp | the Comiſ.rsCommissioners | The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America |
org0095.ocp | the ComiſrsCommissioners | The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America |
Dates identified in this document:
Standard Form | Text |
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1750-04-16 | 16 Apr.lApril 1750 |
1750-09-06 | Sep.rSeptember 6. 1750 |
1750-11-14 | 14 Nov.rNovember following |
1751-05-05 | 5 May 1751 |
1751-08-24 | 24 Aug.tAugust 1751 |
Regularized text:
Type | Original | Regularized |
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variation | Sampson | Samson |
variation | Occum | Occom |
variation | mony | money |
modernization | ſ | s |
variation | informd | informed |
modernization | M.r | Mr. |
variation | helpd | helped |
variation | till | 'til |
modernization | Esq.r | Esq. |
modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
variation | refe[illegible]red | referred |
variation | expird | expired |
modernization | adviſe | advise |
variation | Sampson Occum | Samson Occom |
variation | Susquehanah | Susquehanna |
modernization | expreſsing | expressing |
modernization | ſr | sir |
modernization | Boſton | Boston |
Expanded abbreviations:
Abbreviation | Expansion |
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Apr.l | April |
Hon.d | Honoured |
S.r | Sir |
hon.le | honourable |
Com̅iſ.rs | Commissioners |
& | and |
Comiſ.rs | Commissioners |
ſr | sir |
y.r | your |
humle | humble |
Servt | servant |
Az: | Azariah |
Sep.r | September |
Sol.o | Solomon |
Comiſrs | Commissioners |
Nov.r | November |
rec.d | received |
Yo.r | your |
obed.t | obedient |
Serv.t | servant |
A | Andrew |
Aug.t | August |
Hon.le | Honourable |
Secr | Secretary |
Lr | letter |
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