Joseph Woolley, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1761 November 2
2 November 1761[1761-11-02]
ms number761602.1
[note (type: abstract): Woolley asks leave to visit Mohegan and Lyme.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is small, yet formal and clear.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in poor condition, with heavy creasing and wear. The majority of two recto/verso is missing.][note (type: ink): Black-brown.][note (type: noteworthy): The meaning of the word "Marey," written after the trailer on one verso, is uncertain.]
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
[Nov. | November]Nov.November 2 A.D. 1761[1761-11-02]
[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[& | and]&and
[Hon.d | Honoured]Hon.dHonoured Sir
I now with Pleasure set down to congra‐ tulate [my self | myself]my selfmyself, and shall [imploy | employ]imployemploy myself in writing [theſe | these]theſethese Following Lines. and I would inform you in the first Place that I am
in good state of health, nor I never felt so
[he^[above] a^arty | hearty]he^[above] a^artyhearty
[sence | since]sencesince I came to Live with [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] hoping you are the same, I dont
mean [sence | since]sencesince you came to Live with
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]. And also I wou[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): l]ld beg Leave of you to Let me go and Visit my
Friend at Mohegan[place0143.ocp] and from thence to [Lime | Lyme]LimeLyme[place0126.ocp] that is About Six miles beyond New London[place0164.ocp], Now as soon As
[Poſsible | possible]Poſsiblepossible before the [vacancey | vacancy]vacanceyvacancy
^[above] is^is up, it may be by that means my mignd
will
^[above] may^may be [Loosend | loosened]Loosendloosened from home. for they Expect to see me there [some Time | sometime]some Timesometime this Fall and they [deſire'd | desired]deſire'ddesired me to come.
I told, [em | them]emthem, I should come if I could get Leave, and Nothing would Happen more then
Common. but I must conclude. Thus have I said.
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Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0036.ocp | Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0041.ocp | Joseph Woolley. | writer | Woolley, Joseph |
pers0041.ocp | Joſeph Joseph Woolley | writer | Woolley, Joseph |
Places identified in this document:
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place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0143.ocp | Mohegan | Mohegan |
place0126.ocp | Lime Lyme | Lyme |
place0164.ocp | New London | New London |
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1761-11-02 | Nov.November 2 A.D. 1761 |
1761 | 1761 |
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modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
modernization | Hon.d | Honoured |
variation | my self | myself |
variation | imploy | employ |
modernization | theſe | these |
modernization | he^[above] a^arty | hearty |
variation | sence | since |
modernization | M.r | Mr. |
variation | Lime | Lyme |
modernization | Poſsible | possible |
variation | vacancey | vacancy |
modernization | Loosend | loosened |
variation | some Time | sometime |
modernization | deſire'd | desired |
variation | em | them |
modernization | Joſeph | Joseph |
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Nov. | November |
& | and |
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