Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Thomas Foxcroft, 1761 June 18
18 June 1761[1761-06-18]
ms number761368.1
[note (type: abstract): Wheelock writes of the mission of Occom and Fowler, and mentions the danger from Separatists who are preaching among the Indians.][note (type: handwriting): Informal handwriting is mostly clear and legible, though there are several deletions and additions. The trailer is in a different hand.][note (type: paper): Small single sheet is in good condition, with light creasing, staining and wear.][note (type: ink): Brown-black ink is somewhat blotchy, and there is moderate bleed-through from front to back.][note (type: noteworthy): This document is likely a draft. For related documents, see manuscripts 761360.1 and 761360.2. An editor, likely 19th-century, has added the note "Ind. Mis. (Seperates) June 1761" to the trailer. This note has not been included in the transcription.]EventsOccom’s First Mission to the Oneidas
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
18. June. 1761.[1761-06-18]
[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[& | and]&and
[Hon.d | Honoured]Hon.dHonoured Sir,
You will See By mine to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Oliver[pers0031.ocp] that [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp]
[& | and]&and
David[pers0155.ocp]
[ſat | set]ſatset out on their Journey to the [ſix | Six]ſixSix Nations[org0090.ocp], on the
[10.th | 10th]10.th10th
[ſep.t | September]ſep.tSeptember[1760-09-10]
[Gen.l | Gen.]Gen.lGen. Lyman[pers0344.ocp] very freely [& | and]&and fully recommended the [Deſign | design]Deſigndesign of Educating a Number of [Mohawke | Mohawk]MohawkeMohawk[org0062.ocp] Youth for Interpreters
[&c | etc]&cetc. to Sir [W.m | William]W.mWilliam
[Johnſon | Johnson]JohnſonJohnson[pers0292.ocp]. As to the Petition of the [Onohoquaghe | Onaquaga]OnohoquagheOnaquaga[org0077.ocp] Chiefs to have the Bible [tranſlated | translated]tranſlatedtranslated into their Languag[gap: worn_edge][guess (h-dawnd): e]e which I have [encloſed | enclosed]encloſedenclosed to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Oliver[pers0031.ocp], I have made all the [Inquiry | enquiry]Inquiryenquiry which I have had Oppor‐‐tunity for, ^[above] and fear it will be Difficult to find^and fear it will be Difficult to find
but can hear of None who is in any
[Meaſure | measure]Meaſuremeasure^[above] any man^any man equal to the[ſuch | such]ſuchsuch
^[above] a^a
[illegible: [guess (h-dawnd): job]job][Taſk | task]Taſktask. If there be Such any be any it is [pritty | pretty]prittypretty likely that [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp] after his Rambles among them will be able to ^[above] inform^inform
give the
[Hon.le | Honourable]Hon.leHonourable
[Com̅iſs.rs | Commissioners]Com̅iſs.rsCommissioners[org0095.ocp]
Information of him.
By all [acco.ts | accounts]acco.tsaccounts there is at [preſent | present]preſentpresent a very uncommon Concern, [& | and]&and
[Deſire | desire]Deſiredesire to be [inſtructed | instructed]inſtructedinstructed in Several Parts near [Seſquaana | Susquehanna]SeſquaanaSusquehanna River[place0206.ocp]. And I am fully [perſuaded | persuaded]perſuadedpersuaded there are Endeavours used, (and I fear will be effectual) to introduce
a number of our wild
Separates[org0136.ocp]
[& | and]&and lay Exhorters among them, and I fear they will introduce [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch as are much more [dangrous | dangerous]dangrousdangerous than [Sam.l | Samuel]Sam.lSamuel
[Aſhpo | Ashpo]AſhpoAshpo[pers0002.ocp]. (of whom I have wrote to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Hawley[pers0021.ocp]
[incloſed | enclosed]incloſedenclosed. ^[above] [unſeald | unsealed]unſealdunsealed^[unſeald | unsealed]unſealdunsealed to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Oliver[pers0031.ocp].) [ſeveral | several]ſeveralseveral things have [concurrd | concurred]concurrdconcurred
to to
[perſuade | persuade]perſuadepersuade me that there is [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch a [Deſign | design]Deſigndesign. [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
[Aſhley | Ashley]AſhleyAshley[pers0059.ocp]
^[below] is^is
[left] [Lett.r | Letter]Lett.rLetter to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Foxcroft[pers0019.ocp]
Boston[place0013.ocp] —
[Lett.r | Letter]Lett.rLetter to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Foxcroft[pers0019.ocp]
Boston[place0013.ocp] —
is very [buſie | busy]buſiebusy among them from one End of the Government to the other [illegible]d I dont
[underſtand | understand]underſtandunderstand that any but that party know What his [Buſineſs | business]Buſineſsbusiness is, ^[above] and^and many words have been
unguardedly [drop'd | dropped]drop'ddropped by that Party which [diſcover | discover]diſcoverdiscover that they are knowing to [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch a [Deſign | design]Deſigndesign, [&c | etc]&cetc. I proposed to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Williams[pers0039.ocp] Yesterday whether it be not expedient to [ſend | send]ſendsend forth a Number of prudent Judicious zealous [Miniſters | ministers]Miniſtersministers
[ſpeedily | speedily]ſpeedilyspeedily among them [& | and]&and let them make the best they can of Such Interpreters as may be had.
and move for a Contribution through the Govern‐ment for their
Support. [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Williams[pers0039.ocp] well approved of the Motion, but what will be
done about it I can't tell. People in these parts ^[above] [ſeem | seem]ſeemseem^[ſeem | seem]ſeemseem
are Generally [aſleep | asleep]aſleepasleep
^[above] [& | and]&and unaffected about it^[& | and]&and unaffected about it
The Leave of the
[Gov.r | Governor]Gov.rGovernor[pers0691.ocp] And Council[org0027.ocp] must be had. and
when they
will be [togather | together]togathertogether is uncertain. perhaps a [Lettr | letter]Lettrletter from You might be of [ſpecial | special]ſpecialspecial
[ſervice | service]ſerviceservice.—
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Whitaker[pers0037.ocp] lately [inſtalled | installed]inſtalledinstalled at Norwich Landing[place0176.ocp] I ^[above] [eſteem | esteem]eſteemesteem^[eſteem | esteem]eſteemesteem as well [turnd | turned]turndturned for the [Buſineſs | business]Buſineſsbusiness of a [Miſsion | mission]Miſsionmission among them as any of my Acquaintance.Perhaps it will not be [ſo | so]ſoso well [y.t | that]y.tthat it should be known by the Separates[org0136.ocp]
that they are suspected to be upon [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch a [Deſign | design]Deſigndesign, or that there are any Proposals in Opposition to them. and with this
[illegible: [Riſk | risk]Riſkrisk]^[above] Caution^Caution you may make [juſt | just]juſtjust
[illegible][ſuch | such]ſuchsuch Improvement of this Letter you please.
[Closer]
I am, [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[& | and]&and
[Hon.d | Honoured]Hon.dHonoured
[ſir | Sir]ſirSir, with the [ſincereſt | sincerest]ſincereſtsincerest Duty and [Reſpect | respect]Reſpectrespect
Your Son in the Gospel
Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
Rev. [Tho.s | Thomas]Tho.sThomas Foxcroft[pers0019.ocp]
Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
---|---|---|---|
pers0031.ocp | M. r Mr. Oliver | mentioned | Oliver, Andrew |
pers0030.ocp | M. r Mr. Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0155.ocp | David | mentioned | Fowler, David |
pers0344.ocp | Gen. l Gen. Lyman | mentioned | Lyman, Phineas |
pers0292.ocp | Sir W. m William Johnſon Johnson | mentioned | Johnson, William |
pers0002.ocp | Sam. l Samuel Aſhpo Ashpo | mentioned | Ashpo, Samuel |
pers0021.ocp | M. r Mr. Hawley | mentioned | Hawley, Gideon |
pers0059.ocp | M. r Mr. Aſhley Ashley | mentioned | Ashley |
pers0019.ocp | M. r Mr. Foxcroft | recipient | Foxcroft, Thomas |
pers0039.ocp | M. r Mr. Williams | mentioned | Williams, Solomon |
pers0691.ocp | Gov. r Governor | mentioned | Fitch, Thomas |
pers0037.ocp | M. r Mr. Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Nathaniel |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | writer | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0019.ocp | Rev. Tho. s Thomas Foxcroft | recipient | Foxcroft, Thomas |
Places identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0206.ocp | Seſquaana Susquehanna River | Susquehanna River |
place0013.ocp | Boston | Boston |
place0176.ocp | Norwich Landing | Norwich Landing |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
---|---|---|
org0090.ocp | ſixSix Nations | Six Nations |
org0062.ocp | MohawkeMohawk | Mohawk Nation |
org0077.ocp | OnohoquagheOnaquaga | Onaquagas |
org0095.ocp | Hon.leHonourable Com̅iſs.rsCommissioners | The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America |
org0136.ocp | Separates | Radical New Lights/Separatists |
org0027.ocp | Council | Colony of Connecticut |
org0136.ocp | the Separates | Radical New Lights/Separatists |
Dates identified in this document:
Standard Form | Text |
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1761-06-18 | 18. June. 1761. |
1760-09-10 | 10.th10th ſep.tSeptember |
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modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
modernization | M.r | Mr. |
variation | ſat | set |
modernization | ſix | Six |
modernization | 10.th | 10th |
modernization | Gen.l | Gen. |
modernization | Deſign | design |
variation | Mohawke | Mohawk |
modernization | &c | etc |
modernization | Johnſon | Johnson |
variation | Onohoquaghe | Onaquaga |
modernization | tranſlated | translated |
modernization | encloſed | enclosed |
variation | Inquiry | enquiry |
modernization | Meaſure | measure |
modernization | ſuch | such |
modernization | Taſk | task |
variation | pritty | pretty |
modernization | preſent | present |
modernization | Deſire | desire |
modernization | inſtructed | instructed |
variation | Seſquaana | Susquehanna |
modernization | perſuaded | persuaded |
variation | dangrous | dangerous |
modernization | Aſhpo | Ashpo |
variation | incloſed | enclosed |
variation | unſeald | unsealed |
modernization | ſeveral | several |
variation | concurrd | concurred |
modernization | perſuade | persuade |
modernization | Aſhley | Ashley |
variation | buſie | busy |
modernization | underſtand | understand |
modernization | Buſineſs | business |
modernization | diſcover | discover |
modernization | ſend | send |
modernization | Miniſters | ministers |
modernization | ſpeedily | speedily |
modernization | ſeem | seem |
modernization | aſleep | asleep |
variation | togather | together |
modernization | ſpecial | special |
modernization | ſervice | service |
modernization | inſtalled | installed |
modernization | eſteem | esteem |
variation | turnd | turned |
modernization | Miſsion | mission |
modernization | ſo | so |
modernization | y.t | that |
modernization | Riſk | risk |
modernization | juſt | just |
modernization | ſir | Sir |
modernization | ſincereſt | sincerest |
modernization | Reſpect | respect |
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& | and |
Hon.d | Honoured |
ſep.t | September |
W.m | William |
Hon.le | Honourable |
Com̅iſs.rs | Commissioners |
acco.ts | accounts |
Sam.l | Samuel |
Lett.r | Letter |
drop'd | dropped |
Gov.r | Governor |
Lettr | letter |
Tho.s | Thomas |
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