Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Samson Occom, 1757 January 7
7 January 1757[1757-01-07]
ms number757107
[note (type: abstract): Wheelock notifies Occom of a communication with the Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America, in which the Commission recommends Occom for ordination. Wheelock feels it is more proper for the local presbytery to examine Occom for ordination, and requests that they provide testimonials of his character as soon as possible.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is not Wheelock's; it is tidy, with a heavy upward slant.][note (type: paper): Heavy creasing, with wear along middle crease resulting in minor loss of text.][note (type: ink): Ink is dark, and darker on the verso.][note (type: noteworthy): Letter is marked as a copy.][note (type: signature): Signed "Eleazar Wheelock," but not by Wheelock.]EventsOccom’s Ordination
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A few Days ago I [receved | received]recevedreceived from the [Honarable | Honourable]HonarableHonourable
Andrew Oliver [Esq:r | Esq.]Esq:rEsq.[pers0031.ocp] the following votes of The [Hon.le | Honourable]Hon.leHonourable
[Comiſs:rs | Commissioners]Comiſs:rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp]
[illegible] At a Meeting of The
[Comiſs..rs | Commissioners]Comiſs..rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp]
[Boſton | Boston]BoſtonBoston[place0013.ocp]
12 [Nov:r | November]Nov:rNovember 1756[1757-11-12]
Whereas [Samſon | Samson]SamſonSamson Occom[pers0030.ocp] Who Some years Since was [Enployed | employed]Enployedemployed at Long [Iſland | Island]IſlandIsland[place0129.ocp] in The Government of New
york[place0166.ocp] by [Sum | some]Sumsome of The Inhabitants there to Keep an Indian School and afterward, to Preach
the Gospel to Them and who upon [applycation | application]applycationapplication Made to The [Comiſs:rs | commissioners]Comiſs:rscommissioners[org0095.ocp] after he had Engaged in [S..d | said]S..dsaid Service was allowed by Them Twenty Pound, [p.r | per]p.rper annum is
[Notwithſtanding | notwithstanding]Notwithſtandingnotwithstanding his Several allowances fallen in Debt [& | and]&and Thereby brought Into Difficulties —
Voted as a further Encouragement To Said [Samſon | Samson]SamſonSamson[pers0030.ocp] To Continue in The Indian Service There be allowed him Twenty
Pounds in order To Enable him To [Diſcharge | discharge]Diſchargedischarge his [worn_edge: [guess (h-dawnd): Debts]Debts]; The [Comiſs..rs | Commissioners]Comiſs..rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp] Expecting That Those who originally Employed him afford him [There | their]Theretheir
[aſsiſtsance | assistance]aſsiſtsanceassistance
[Likewiſe | likewise]Likewiſelikewise for This Purpose — and in as much as Said [Samſon | Samson]SamſonSamson[pers0030.ocp] is [Repreſented | represented]Repreſentedrepresented To be a [Perſon | person]Perſonperson of a Virtuous Life and [Usefull | useful]Usefulluseful as a Preacher To the Indians; The [Comiſs.rs | Commissioners]Comiſs.rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp] Would recommend it to The [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[M:r | Mr.]M:rMr.
[Eleazer | Eleazar]EleazerEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[& | and]&and
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Pomeroy[pers0432.ocp] and other [Miniſters | ministers]Miniſtersministers of The Same [aſsociation | association]aſsociationassociation to [Conſider | consider]Conſiderconsider of the Expediency of ^[above] his^his being ordained To The [Paſtoral | pastoral]Paſtoralpastoral office and to Proceed to Do it if They Shall Think Best. and That there be
allowed To [S.d | said]S.dsaid
[Samſon | Samson]SamſonSamson[pers0030.ocp] a common Pace Book to the Bible and Cruden’s
Concordence
Copy [atteſt | attest]atteſtattest
[A | Andrew]AAndrew Oliver[pers0031.ocp]
you observe That They Direct [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Pomeroy[pers0432.ocp] and [Myſelf | myself]Myſelfmyself To Call in other
[Miniſters | ministers]Miniſtersministers to Examine you and [Conſult | consult]Conſultconsult of The [illegible: [guess (h-dawnd): Expeeding]Expeeding] of your [bing | being]bingbeing Ordained We are in Doubt of The Propriety of our Doing it, Thinking it
Rather The Right of The [Rev:d | Rev.]Rev:dRev.
[Preſby:ty | Presbytery]Preſby:tyPresbytery[org0085.ocp] on The Island[place0129.ocp]
[unleſs | unless]unleſsunless you Should take the Pastrol Charge of the Indians on The main but at this [Diſtance | distance]Diſtancedistance we are not able to judge of That Matter not knowing either the Number or [Dispoſition | disposition]Dispoſitiondisposition of Those Indians among [whome | whom]whomewhom you are, [& | and]&and have been Labouring, We have
[underſtood | understood]underſtoodunderstood that there is a [conſiderable | considerable]conſiderableconsiderable
on Number on This Side The water who Desire To have you for [There | their]Theretheir
[Miniſter | minister]Miniſterminister and we have [Conſidered | considered]Conſideredconsidered The Distance and Difficulty of [Crosing | crossing]Crosingcrossing
the Sound[place0297.ocp]
[&c | etc.]&cetc.,
and have Therefore agreed [illegible] To [adviſe | advise]adviſeadvise, That you [Deſire | desire]Deſiredesire
[ſome | some]ſomesome Neighbouring
[Miniſter | minister]Miniſterminister To [Viſit | visit]Viſitvisit, and Try The Minds of your People and Send us a [illegible: [guess (h-dawnd): True]True]
[Repreſentation | representation]Repreſentationrepresentation of [There | their]Theretheir number and [Diſposision | disposition]Diſposisiondisposition Towards you and then that you [Viſit | visit]Viſitvisit The
[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[Miniſters | ministers]Miniſtersministers of That [Preſbytery | presbytery]Preſbyterypresbytery[org0085.ocp]
[Shew | show]Shewshow This To Them and [alſo | also]alſoalso Represent to Them The State of The indians at [Muntauck | Montauk]MuntauckMontauk[org0061.ocp] and [Deſire | desire]Deſiredesire
Said [Miniſters | ministers]Miniſtersministers[org0085.ocp] to
[Manyfest | manifest]Manyfestmanifest to us [wheather | whether]wheatherwhether They approve of our [Proseeding | proceeding]Proseedingproceeding according to The foregoing Vote of [Comiſs:rs | commissioners]Comiſs:rscommissioners[org0095.ocp]
[&c | etc.]&cetc., and if So That They Give us Proper Testimonials of your Moral and [Chriſatian | Christian]ChriſatianChristian Character, And That you accomplish This as Soon as may be. and you Must
Consider That it will be Some Time after your are Examined before The Matter Can be
accomplished if we Shall have To [Viſit | visit]Viſitvisit The [Sevaral | several]Sevaralseverals
Tribes of Indians upon the Main in order To your ordination. The Lord be with
^[above] your^your your [Sperit | spirit]Speritspirit
[Derct | direct]Derctdirect your ^[above] ways^ways and [Keepe | keep]Keepekeep you from [Fawling | falling]Fawlingfalling into the Condemnatio^[above] n^n of The [Divel | Devil]DivelDevil upon Such an [occation | occasion]occationoccasion. Give Mine and [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Pomeroy[pers0432.ocp]s Love to
your Spouse[pers0029.ocp]. and [Except | accept]Exceptaccept The Same f your Self From him, as well as, I
[Closer]
Your Affectionate Friend
and [Servante | servant]Servanteservant
Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[Postscript]
PS [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Oliver[pers0031.ocp] in his To me has This [Paſsage | passage]Paſsagepassage which [becauſe | because]becauſebecause it Concerns you I Transcribe here viz “[Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Shaw[pers0477.ocp] of New London[place0164.ocp] has
[usu^[above] a^alley | usu^[above] a^ally]usu^[above] a^alleyusu^[above] a^ally
[Supplyd | supplied]Supplydsupplied
[Samſon | Samson]SamſonSamson[pers0030.ocp] and taken his orders upon me for it, and where
^[above] were^were you
Do send
^[above] to [ſend | send]ſendsend^to [ſend | send]ſendsend him Copy of what Relates To him would I Doubt not To Do it
Still Not be G^[above] l^lad to Do it Still.”
Copy.
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[Lett.r | Letter]Lett.rLetter to [Sampſon | Samson]SampſonSamson occom[pers0030.ocp]. [Jany | January]JanyJanuary. 1757[1757-01].
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People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0030.ocp | recipient | Occom, Samson | |
pers0031.ocp | Andrew Oliver Esq: r Esq. | mentioned | Oliver, Andrew |
pers0030.ocp | Samſon Samson Occom | recipient | Occom, Samson |
pers0030.ocp | Samſon Samson | recipient | Occom, Samson |
pers0036.ocp | Rev d Rev. M: r Mr. Eleazer Eleazar Wheelock | writer | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0432.ocp | M. r Mr. Pomeroy | mentioned | Pomeroy, Benjamin |
pers0031.ocp | A Andrew Oliver | mentioned | Oliver, Andrew |
pers0029.ocp | your Spouse | mentioned | Occom, Mary (née Fowler) |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | writer | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0031.ocp | M r Mr. Oliver | mentioned | Oliver, Andrew |
pers0477.ocp | Cap t Capt. Shaw | mentioned | Shaw, Nathaniel |
pers0030.ocp | Sampſon Samson occom | recipient | Occom, Samson |
Places identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0013.ocp | Boſton Boston | Boston |
place0129.ocp | Long Iſland Island | Long Island |
place0166.ocp | Government of New york | New York |
place0129.ocp | The Island | Long Island |
place0297.ocp | the Sound | Long Island Sound |
place0164.ocp | New London | New London |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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org0095.ocp | Hon.leHonourable Comiſs:rsCommissioners | The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America |
org0095.ocp | Comiſs..rsCommissioners | The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America |
org0095.ocp | Comiſs:rscommissioners | The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America |
org0095.ocp | Comiſs.rsCommissioners | The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America |
org0085.ocp | The Rev:dRev. Preſby:tyPresbytery | Presbytery of Suffolk County |
org0085.ocp | That Preſbyterypresbytery | Presbytery of Suffolk County |
org0061.ocp | indians at MuntauckMontauk | Montaukett Tribe |
org0085.ocp | Said Miniſtersministers | Presbytery of Suffolk County |
Dates identified in this document:
Standard Form | Text |
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1757-01-07 | JanyJanuary yethe 7th7th 1757 |
1757-11-12 | 12 Nov:rNovember 1756 |
1757-01 | JanyJanuary. 1757 |
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modernization | ye | the |
modernization | 7th | 7th |
modernization | Samſon | Samson |
variation | receved | received |
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modernization | Esq:r | Esq. |
modernization | Boſton | Boston |
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modernization | Iſland | Island |
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variation | applycation | application |
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modernization | Diſcharge | discharge |
variation | aſsiſtsance | assistance |
modernization | Likewiſe | likewise |
modernization | Repreſented | represented |
modernization | Perſon | person |
variation | Usefull | useful |
modernization | Revd | Rev. |
modernization | M:r | Mr. |
variation | Eleazer | Eleazar |
modernization | M.r | Mr. |
modernization | Miniſters | ministers |
modernization | aſsociation | association |
modernization | Conſider | consider |
modernization | Paſtoral | pastoral |
modernization | atteſt | attest |
modernization | Myſelf | myself |
modernization | Conſult | consult |
variation | bing | being |
modernization | unleſs | unless |
modernization | Diſtance | distance |
modernization | Dispoſition | disposition |
variation | whome | whom |
modernization | underſtood | understood |
modernization | conſiderable | considerable |
modernization | Miniſter | minister |
modernization | Conſidered | considered |
variation | Crosing | crossing |
modernization | &c | etc. |
modernization | adviſe | advise |
modernization | Deſire | desire |
modernization | ſome | some |
modernization | Viſit | visit |
modernization | Repreſentation | representation |
variation | Diſposision | disposition |
modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
modernization | Preſbytery | presbytery |
variation | Shew | show |
modernization | alſo | also |
variation | Muntauck | Montauk |
variation | Manyfest | manifest |
variation | wheather | whether |
variation | Proseeding | proceeding |
variation | Chriſatian | Christian |
variation | Sevaral | several |
variation | Sperit | spirit |
variation | Derct | direct |
variation | Keepe | keep |
variation | Fawling | falling |
variation | Divel | Devil |
variation | occation | occasion |
variation | Servante | servant |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
modernization | Paſsage | passage |
modernization | becauſe | because |
modernization | Capt | Capt. |
variation | usu^[above] a^alley | usu^[above] a^ally |
variation | Supplyd | supplied |
modernization | ſend | send |
variation | Sampſon | Samson |
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Jany | January |
Hon.le | Honourable |
Comiſs:rs | Commissioners |
Comiſs..rs | Commissioners |
Nov:r | November |
Comiſs:rs | commissioners |
S..d | said |
p.r | per |
& | and |
Comiſs.rs | Commissioners |
S.d | said |
A | Andrew |
Rev:d | Rev. |
Preſby:ty | Presbytery |
Lett.r | Letter |
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