Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Colonel Henchman, 1756 September 20
20 September 1756[1756-09-20]
ms number756520
[note (type: abstract): Wheelock writes a draft of a letter discussing the intended charter for the Charity School.][note (type: handwriting): Relatively tidy and legible, with a few deletions and additions.][note (type: paper): Moderate staining and creasing; large stain on upper right corner of 1 recto, with no loss of text.][note (type: noteworthy): On same paper as 756190, 756900.1 and 756900.2.][note (type: layout): If the paper containing all four letters were to be read as a book, this letter would be page two.]
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[Opener]
[Yrs | Yours]YrsYours of July 30[1756-07-30]. (with the Collection for [Cloathg | clothing]Cloathgclothing my Indian Boys) By [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Elderkin[pers0179.ocp] came Safe to Hand. we [ha’ | have]ha’have
[reconſidered | reconsidered]reconſideredreconsidered
[y.e | the]y.ethe
[objns | objections]objnsobjections
[wc | which]wcwhich
[yo | you]yoyou hint [agst | against]agstagainst our ^[above] Suit for a^Suit for a Charter from [ye | the]yethe Crown. which we had [conſidered | considered]conſideredconsidered and largely debated before. We [ha’ | have]ha’have
[conſidrd | considered]conſidrdconsidered
[y.e | the]y.ethe
[Diſtemperd | distempered]Diſtemperddistempered
[ſtate | state]ſtatestate of Religion the divided Sentiments [& | and]&and Prejudices in the minds of men, which have heretofore had [ſo | so]ſoso great, [& | and]&and we fear Still [ha’ | have]ha’have too great influence into our [publick | public]publickpublic Affairs. We have also [conſidered | considered]conſideredconsidered that the validity of a Charter from this Government is by many [Questiond | questioned]Questiondquestioned. [& | and]&and
[beſides | besides]beſidesbesides they cant Enable us to act
[purſue | pursue]purſuepursue the [Deſign | design]Deſigndesign if we [ſhod | should]ſhodshould have ever [ſo | so]ſoso fair an opportunity for it without [ye | the]yethe bounds of this Government and many other [Conſiderations | considerations]Conſiderationsconsiderations too many to mention now. which Still [determin | determine]determindetermine us to [purſue | pursue]purſuepursue the [Deſign | design]Deſigndesign as has been [propoſd | proposed]propoſdproposed. The [Paquet | packet]Paquetpacket
[ſent | sent]ſentsent to [yo | you]yoyou is a Duplicate of one
[ſent | sent]ſentsent to the [Jerſies | Jerseys]JerſiesJerseys[place0163.ocp] to the care of [Preſid.t | President]Preſid.tPresident Burr[pers0108.ocp]
[w.c | which]w.cwhich we hope he has found a [Paſsage | passage]Paſsagepassage for [ſome | some]ſomesome weeks ago. [& | and]&and
[Deſire | desire]Deſiredesire
[yo | you]yoyou will [imbrace | embrace]imbraceembrace the [firſt | first]firſtfirst good opportunity to [ſend | send]ſendsend. The things at [preſent | present]preſentpresent look with a very [me--loncholly | me--lancholy]me--lonchollyme--lancholy
[& | and]&and
[threatg | threatening]threatgthreatening
[Aſpect | aspect]Aſpectaspect upon this and all [Deſigns | designs]Deſignsdesigns in [fav.r | favour]fav.rfavour of [y.e | the]y.ethe poor Creatures. If [y.o | you]y.oyou
[ha’ | have]ha’have
[Rec.d | received]Rec.dreceived
[accordg | according]accordgaccording to your hopes [Rec.d | received]Rec.dreceived
[Rec.d | received]Rec.dreceived the Charities of any good people for the use of these Boys. please to keep
it in your Hands [& | and]&and credit my [acco.t | account]acco.taccount
[ſo | so]ſoso much. [& | and]&and your [ord.r | order]ord.rorder to me [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall be re-funded to the Boys. I hope you will be able to inform me
by [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt.[pers0206.ocp]
[illegible: [guess (h-dawnd): Jn Freeman]Jn Freeman] of the good acceptance of the
Proposal made to [D.r | Dr.]D.rDr. Gardener[pers0214.ocp] to [furniſh | furnish]furniſhfurnish these Boys with Books. I thank you [hartily | heartily]hartilyheartily for the
[Reſpect | respect]Reſpectrespect
[ſhewn | shown]ſhewnshown me in yours. I [aſk | ask]aſkask your Remembrance of me in your [Neareſt | nearest]Neareſtnearest
[aproaches | approaches]aproachesapproaches to God. [pleaſe | please]pleaſeplease to accept affectionate
[ſalutation | salutation]ſalutationsalutation from Dear [ſir | sir]ſirsir,
[Closer]
your obliged [Hum.le | humble]Hum.lehumble
[ ſerv.t | servant] ſerv.t servant
[Eleazr | Eleazar]EleazrEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[Postscript]
P.S. the Crowd of [Buſineſs | business]Buſineſsbusiness which I happen to be in when this [Lettr | letter]Lettrletter is [calld | called]calldcalled for I hope will [Excuſe | excuse]Excuſeexcuse the [inacuracies | inaccuracies]inacuraciesinaccuracies
[Blotts | blots]Blottsblots
[& | and]&and Er[illegible] in it. This is [ye | the]yethe
[firſt | first]firſtfirst opportunity of conveyance to you [yt | that]ytthat has
[preſented | presented]preſentedpresented
[ſince | since]ſincesince I Received yours. [yrs | yours]yrsyours — EW[pers0036.ocp]
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People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0179.ocp | M. r Mr. Elderkin | mentioned | Elderkin |
pers0108.ocp | Preſid. t President Burr | mentioned | Burr, Aaron Sr. |
pers0206.ocp | Cap t Capt. | mentioned | Freeman |
pers0214.ocp | D. r Dr. Gardener | mentioned | Gardener |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazr Eleazar Wheelock | writer | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0036.ocp | EW | writer | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0254.ocp | Col. D. Henchman Esq. r Esq. | recipient | Henchman |
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place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0163.ocp | the Jerſies Jerseys | New Jersey |
place0013.ocp | Boſton Boston | Boston |
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1756-09-20 | ſep.tSeptember 20. 1756. |
1756-07-30 | July 30 |
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modernization | ſo | so |
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modernization | purſue | pursue |
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modernization | ſent | sent |
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modernization | Paſsage | passage |
modernization | ſome | some |
modernization | Deſire | desire |
variation | imbrace | embrace |
modernization | firſt | first |
modernization | ſend | send |
modernization | preſent | present |
variation | me--loncholly | me--lancholy |
modernization | Aſpect | aspect |
modernization | Deſigns | designs |
modernization | ſhall | shall |
modernization | Capt | Capt. |
modernization | D.r | Dr. |
modernization | furniſh | furnish |
variation | hartily | heartily |
modernization | Reſpect | respect |
variation | ſhewn | shown |
modernization | aſk | ask |
modernization | Neareſt | nearest |
variation | aproaches | approaches |
variation | pleaſe | please |
modernization | ſalutation | salutation |
modernization | ſir | sir |
modernization | Buſineſs | business |
modernization | Excuſe | excuse |
variation | inacuracies | inaccuracies |
variation | Blotts | blots |
modernization | yt | that |
modernization | preſented | presented |
modernization | ſince | since |
modernization | Esq.r | Esq. |
modernization | Boſton | Boston |
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ſep.t | September |
Yrs | Yours |
Cloathg | clothing |
ha’ | have |
objns | objections |
wc | which |
yo | you |
agst | against |
conſidrd | considered |
& | and |
ſhod | should |
propoſd | proposed |
Preſid.t | President |
w.c | which |
threatg | threatening |
fav.r | favour |
y.o | you |
Rec.d | received |
accordg | according |
acco.t | account |
ord.r | order |
Hum.le | humble |
ſerv.t | servant |
Eleazr | Eleazar |
Lettr | letter |
calld | called |
yrs | yours |
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