William Whitwell, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1761 January 27

Author Whitwell, William[pers0590.ocp]

27 January 1761[1761-01-27]

Call Number761127

[note (type: abstract): Whitwell writes on behalf of the "Private Society," enclosing eight pounds for the support of Occom.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is clear and formal. The trailer is in Wheelock's hand.][note (type: paper): There is moderate-to-heavy creasing and staining, with moderate-to-heavy tearing around remnants of seal that results in no loss of text. Letter contains a narrow strip of paper bearing Wheelock's name.][note (type: signature): Abbreviated.]
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[Opener]
[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev. [& | and]&and Dear [ſir | sir]ſirsir
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. [Hayslop | Hyslop]HayslopHyslop[pers0250.ocp] has [shew'd | showed]shew'dshowed us a Letter
from [S. | Samson]S.Samson[Oacum | Occom]OacumOccom [pers0030.ocp] an Indian Minister, [seting | setting]setingsetting [fourth | forth]fourthforth his
great poverty and [distreſs | distress]distreſsdistress by reason thereof; Attending
one from you, wherein you [recom̅end | recommend]recom̅endrecommend the said Indian[pers0030.ocp]
to the Charitably [dispos'd | disposed]dispos'ddisposed. We now send you the [inclos'd | enclosed]inclos'denclosed
Eight pounds [Lawfull | lawful]Lawfulllawful Money, with a [Vew | view]Vewview to [releave | relieve]releaverelieve the
[distreſs | distress]distreſsdistress of the said Indian Minister[pers0030.ocp], and desire you
would apply it accordingly. We apprehend you will be
[releav'd | relieved]releav'drelieved (with respect to what you are in [arears | arrears]arearsarrears for the
Education of Indian Children) in some more [publick | public]publickpublic way
or we should have had your [releife | relief]releiferelief as much in [vew | view]vewview
as that of the said Indian Minister[pers0030.ocp]
 We conclude with wishing you the Divine
presence, in your [publick | public]publickpublic [Ministery | ministry]Ministeryministry, [& | and]&and private instructions
and asking your Prayers for our little private Society[org0138.ocp], that
we may all know Jesus Christ, and be built up in him
in the behalf and at the [disire | desire]disiredesire of the Society[org0138.ocp].

[Closer]
[Wm | William]WmWilliam Whitwell[pers0590.ocp]
[note (type: editorial): Blank page.]
[note (type: editorial): Blank page.]
[Trailer]
[left] Mr Mr. [Whilwill | Whitwell]WhilwillWhitwell [pers0590.ocp]'s [Lettr | letter]Lettrletter
[Collec.n | collection]Collec.ncollection for [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp]
[Jan.y | January]Jan.yJanuary 1761[1761-01].

Mr Mr. [Whilwill | Whitwell]WhilwillWhitwell [pers0590.ocp]'s [Lettr | letter]Lettrletter
[Collec.n | collection]Collec.ncollection for [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp]
[Jan.y | January]Jan.yJanuary 1761[1761-01].

To
The [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev. [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. [Eleazer | Eleazar]EleazerEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
In
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]

[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev. [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. [Eleazer | Eleazar]EleazerEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[note (type: editorial): Blank page.]
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People identified in this document:

id Text in document Role in header Authorized Name
pers0250.ocp M. r Mr. Hayslop Hyslop mentioned Hyslop, William
pers0030.ocp S. Samson Oacum Occom mentioned Occom, Samson
pers0030.ocp said Indian mentioned Occom, Samson
pers0030.ocp said Indian Minister mentioned Occom, Samson
pers0590.ocp W m William Whitwell writer Whitwell, William
pers0590.ocp M r Mr. Whilwill Whitwell writer Whitwell, William
pers0030.ocp M. r Mr. Occom mentioned Occom, Samson
pers0036.ocp Eleazer Eleazar Wheelock recipient Wheelock, Eleazar

Places identified in this document:

id Text in document Authorized Name
place0013.ocp Boſton Boston Boston
place0122.ocp Lebanon Lebanon

Organizations identified in this document:

id Text in document Authorized Name
org0138.ocp private Society The Private Society
org0138.ocp the Society The Private Society

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1761-01-27 Jan.ryJanuary 27. 1761
1761-01 Jan.yJanuary 1761

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Type Original Regularized
modernization Boſton Boston
modernization Rev.d Rev.
modernization ſir sir
modernization M.r Mr.
variation Hayslop Hyslop
variation shew'd showed
variation Oacum Occom
variation seting setting
variation fourth forth
modernization distreſs distress
variation inclos'd enclosed
modernization Lawfull lawful
variation Vew view
variation releave relieve
variation arears arrears
variation publick public
variation releife relief
variation vew view
variation Ministery ministry
variation disire desire
variation Whilwill Whitwell
variation Eleazer Eleazar

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& and
S. Samson
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Wm William
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