Samuel Hopkins, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1761 September 30
30 September 1761[1761-09-30]
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[note (type: abstract): Hopkins writes Wheelock about reports that Occom lacks tact in his dealings with the Oneidas, and that he is instructing them to leave off their Indian ways. He suggests that Occom may not be right for an Indian mission.][note (type: paper): Slight wear, tearing around edges.][note (type: noteworthy): Margin note “Occom?” added in different ink and hand, likely 19th-century. The opening salutation “R.D.S.” is likely an abbreviation of “Reverend and Dear Sir.]
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I received your two Favours which you wrote last Spring, which I read
with no small satisfaction: and was at the pains of transcribing a considerable
part of them to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Hawley[pers0021.ocp]. I should have wrote you long before this; but have
found no Opportunity to send to you, as I live quite out of any direct and
frequented Road to Lebanon[place0122.ocp]. I hoped, all
the Summer [post | past]postpast, to have the [pleaſure | pleasure]pleaſurepleasure of an Interview with you at New
Haven[place0162.ocp]
^[above] on^on the Commencement, but was disappointed
in that.
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Hawley[pers0021.ocp] is now at Onohoquage[place0182.ocp], as you will learn by the letter from him, which I transmit
to you with this, which he sent open to me. I expect he will
return in about three Weeks. [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Toppan[pers0546.ocp], the young Gentleman who is gone with him, appears
to me very promising for an Indian
[Miſsionary | missionary]Miſsionarymissionary.
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Hawley[pers0021.ocp] in a letter to me of the [20th | 20th]20th20th
[inſt. | instant]inſt.instant[1761-09-20] desires me to inform you of the following
particulars, which I will give you in his own words.
"Since I wrote my letter to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp], I am "advised that [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
[Accom | Occom]AccomOccom[pers0030.ocp] is not quite so acceptable "to the Indians there" (at
Oneida[place0179.ocp]) "as I heard at first. "He tells
them, they [muſt | must]muſtmust not cut their hair, but let it "grow as the [Engliſh | English]EngliſhEnglish do; that they [muſt | must]muſtmust not wear their
^[below] Indian^Indian
"Indian ornaments, as wampum and the like; but "put them off, and burn them in the
fire — That "they [muſt | must]muſtmust not [feaſt | feast]feaſtfeast at Weddings, [illegible][guess (emmav): at]at as at the Birth "and Baptism of their Children [&c | etc.]&cetc.
[&c | etc.]&cetc. These are [illegible][guess (emmav): .—.].—. "points that he [inſists | insists]inſistsinsists greatly upon; which are "are points too unpopular for
them."
I am sorry to hear this of [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
[Accom | Occom]AccomOccom[pers0030.ocp], which if true, I think [illegible][guess (emmav): great]great
[ſhews | shows]ſhewsshows him greatly deficient in that Prudence which is [Neceſsary | necessary]Neceſsarynecessary for an Indian [miſsionary | missionary]miſsionarymissionary; and render him unfit to go among indians, at [leaſt | least]leaſtleast alone.
We [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall be [inform'd | informed]inform'dinformed of more particulars when [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Hawley[pers0021.ocp] returns, when I hope he will make you a visit.
We have nothing remarkable here, except it be, the universal and
uncommon degree of Health which at present prevails among us. I have nothing to
say about any new religious appearance. I have got a particular account from
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Kent[pers0303.ocp] of the remarkable revival among his people, in order to
transmit it to
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Gillies[pers0222.ocp] in Scotland[place0203.ocp].
Am [ſorry | sorry]ſorrysorry to hear of your ill State of Health. May God restore and and
confirm it, and make you greatly useful to Indian and English for a long time to
come!
[Closer]
in the [earneſt | earnest]earneſtearnest prayer of your obliged friend and unworthy Brother,
Samuel Hopkins[pers0261.ocp]
[Trailer]
Rev. [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp].
^[right] S. Hopkins[pers0261.ocp]
1761[1761-09-30].^S. Hopkins[pers0261.ocp]
1761[1761-09-30].
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id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0021.ocp | M. r Mr. Hawley | mentioned | Hawley, Gideon |
pers0546.ocp | M. r Mr. Toppan | mentioned | Toppan |
pers0036.ocp | M. r Mr. Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0030.ocp | M. r Mr. Accom Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0303.ocp | M. r Mr. Kent | mentioned | Kent |
pers0222.ocp | M. r Mr. Gillies | mentioned | Gillies |
pers0261.ocp | Samuel Hopkins | writer | Hopkins, Samuel |
pers0261.ocp | S. Hopkins | writer | Hopkins, Samuel |
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place0089.ocp | Great Barrington | Great Barrington |
place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0162.ocp | New Haven | New Haven |
place0182.ocp | Onohoquage | Onaquaga |
place0179.ocp | Oneida | Oneida |
place0203.ocp | Scotland | Scotland |
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1761-09-30 | 30 Sept.September 1761. |
1761-09-20 | 20th20th inſt.instant |
1761-09-30 | 1761 |
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