Connecticut Board of Correspondents of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, letter, to the Honorable Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, 1763

Author Connecticut Board of Correspondents of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge[org0034.ocp]

1763[1763]

Call Number763900.9

[note (type: abstract): An apparent draft of manuscript 764410.2, which informs the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge that, per its commission, a Connecticut board of correspondents has been formed, and officers have been elected. The Connecticut board proposes that the best prospect for furthering the Society's design lies with Wheelock’s Indian charity school, and that the board's intention is to employ Occom and Ashpo.][note (type: handwriting): Loose and informal handwriting appears to be that of Solomon Williams. It is frequently difficult to discern letter case. There are several deletions and additions.][note (type: paper): Large sheet is in fair condition, with moderate creasing, yellowing and wear.][note (type: ink): Dark brown-black ink bleeds through to opposite sides of the paper.][note (type: noteworthy): Text of letter is identical to that of manuscript 764410.2, and this document appears to be a draft of that letter. In the Rauner Special Collections catalogue, this letter is erroneously attributed to Benjamin Pomeroy.][note (type: signature): No signature.]
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To The [Honle | Honourable]HonleHonourable Society in Scotland for Propagating [Chriſtian | Christian]ChriſtianChristian
Knowledge[org0096.ocp]

[Hon.d | Honoured]Hon.dHonoured Sirs

We take the [Earlieſt | earliest]Earlieſtearliest [oportunity | opportunity]oportunityopportunity
by direction of your [bord | board]bordboard of [Correſpondents | correspondents]Correſpondentscorrespondents in the
Colony of [Cont | Connecticut]ContConnecticut[org0034.ocp]
to Inform you that upon [Receit | receipt]Receitreceipt of
your [Commiſsion | commission]Commiſsioncommission the Gentlemen [namd | named]namdnamed [there in | therein]there intherein met
in [Lebn | Lebanon]LebnLebanon[place0122.ocp] July 9[1763-07-09] [& | and]&and [Formd | formed]Formdformed [themſelves | themselves]themſelvesthemselves by [Chooſing | choosing]Chooſingchoosing the
Proper Officers [namd | named]namdnamed, in [illegible] to Enable them to act in
Capacity of your [Correſpondents | correspondents]Correſpondentscorrespondents [& | and]&and appointed [illegible] a [Comtee | Committee]ComteeCommittee
to
give you an [act | account]actaccount of [illegible]their doings [& | and]&and [preſent | present]preſentpresent [proſpects | prospects]proſpectsprospects
and in the [firſt | first]firſtfirst Place to Return their warm [& | and]&and [ſincereſt | sincerest]ſincereſtsincerest
Thanks for the [Honr | honour]Honrhonour you have done them in [Com
miſsioning | com
missioning]
Com
miſsioning
com
missioning
them to be [Correſpedents | Correspondents]CorreſpedentsCorrespondents of your [Hon.le | honourable]Hon.lehonourable [ſo
ciety | so
ciety]
ſo
ciety
so
ciety
[org0096.ocp]
. We [Joyn | join]Joynjoin our [Earneſt | earnest]Earneſtearnest Prayers with you [& | and]&and [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall
by Gods Grace unite our fervent Labours to Promote the
Excellent [Purpoſe | purpose]Purpoſepurpose your Pious hearts are set upon
the advancement of the [Km | kingdom]Kmkingdom of our [Bleſed | blessed]Bleſedblessed Redeemer
[& | and]&and [speading | spreading]speadingspreading the [ſavour | savour]ſavoursavour of his [knwledge | knowledge]knwledgeknowledge among them
who [ſit | sit]ſitsit in [darkneſs | darkness]darkneſsdarkness [& | and]&and the Regions of the Shadow
of Death, the [moſt | most]moſtmost glorious object of your [& | and]&and our atten
tion. as the doing this will Serve [alſo | also]alſoalso the [Intreſt | interest]Intreſtinterest of
our King[pers0305.ocp] So there is one [Circumſtance | circumstance]Circumſtancecircumstance Peculiarly ob
ligatory on us, that the [Suceſs | success]Suceſssuccess of it will be Greatly
beneficial to the Peace [& | and]&and [hapS | happiness]hapShappiness of our own Country
we humbly take Leave to Inform your [Honle | honourable]Honlehonourable board
[yt | that]ytthat [ye | the]yethe [beſt | best]beſtbest [Proſpect | prospect]Proſpectprospect which at [Preſant | present]Preſantpresent lies in our vi[illegible][guess (maggiec): ew]ew
is In the School[org0098.ocp] which has been for some time [undr | under]undrunder
the Care of the [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]. the State of which
[& | and]&and the [Reſources | resources]Reſourcesresources which a Kind [& | and]&and Gracious Providence
has [opend | opened]opendopened for its Support, as [alſo | also]alſoalso the Accounts of [ye | the]yethe
[Reburſements | rebursements]Reburſementsrebursements of the Moneys Given, [& | and]&and the [succeſs | success]succeſssuccess at
tending it [untill | until]untilluntil — has been Sent
to you — [& | and]&and [leſt | lest]leſtlest it has [faild | failed]faildfailed [Reachg | reaching]Reachgreaching you is now
sent here with
and our [Preſent | present]Preſentpresent [Proſpects | prospects]Proſpectsprospects [& | and]&and [purpoſes | purposes]purpoſespurposes you
will See as follows. [tho | though]thothough we have no [aſsurance | assurance]aſsuranceassurance of Peace
with the Indians but Entertain strong hopes [yt | that]ytthat the
[Preſent | present]Preſentpresent troubles will be [brot | brought]brotbrought to a Speedy [Iſsue | issue]Iſsueissue [& | and]&and are
[⅌ſwaded | persuaded]⅌ſwadedpersuaded that when that Event happens it Concerns us to
be [aSſs | as]aSſsas speedy as [Poſsible | possible]Poſsiblepossible in [Exertg | exerting]Exertgexerting our [utmoſt | utmost]utmoſtutmost Endeavors
to Send the [Goſpel | Gospel]GoſpelGospel [above] as far as may beas far as may be into the bowels of the [above] PaganPagan Country of
the Six Nations[org0090.ocp]
if [Poſsible | possible]Poſsiblepossible before it is [throngd | thronged]throngdthronged with
[unrighs | unrighteous]unrighsunrighteous Dealers [Whoſe | whose]Whoſewhose unbridled avarice threatens the
[Greateſt | greatest]Greateſtgreatest
[miſchief | mischief]miſchiefmischief to the [Cauſe | cause]Cauſecause. we have voted to take the [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp] into our Service if he may be freed from a
[Preingagemt | pre-engagement]Preingagemtpre-engagement to the London [Commiſioners | Commissioners]CommiſionersCommissioners[org0095.ocp] which we Ex
pect may be without difficulty. we have [alſo | also]alſoalso [Referd | referred]Referdreferred
to our [Comtee | Committee]ComteeCommittee the [sendg | sending]sendgsending [Samll | Samuel]SamllSamuel [Aſhpo | Ashpo]AſhpoAshpo[pers0002.ocp] a judicious [& | and]&and Pious
Indian who we when Providence [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall open a door.
we have [alſo | also]alſoalso the [Pleaſure | pleasure]Pleaſurepleasure to Inform you that there are
[illegible]Eight [above] or tenor ten Indian youth in this School[org0098.ocp] of Good Moral Character
well [accompliſhd | accomplished]accompliſhdaccomplished for School [maſters | masters]maſtersmasters Except their want of age
[& | and]&and fortitutude, we [purpoſe | purpose]purpoſepurpose to Send forth two or three of
[theſe | these]theſethese next Spring to Remote Tribes, Next Spring in
the Capacity of [Schoolmaſters | schoolmasters]Schoolmaſtersschoolmasters [& | and]&and Expect by the [bleſsing | blessing]bleſsingblessing
of God that in the [Courſe | course]Courſecourse of a year they will be
[ſo | so]ſoso far [Maſters | masters]Maſtersmasters of [above] [acquinted | acquainted]acquintedacquainted with[acquinted | acquainted]acquintedacquainted with [ye | the]yethe [Cuſtoms | customs]Cuſtomscustoms, [& | and]&and Languages of [thoſe | those]thoſethose na
tions that it may be [probly | probably]problyprobably Expedient to ordain [& | and]&and purpose them as [miniſters | ministers]miniſtersministers among them. we Expect
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Charles [Jeoffry | Jeffery]JeoffryJeffery Smith[pers0500.ocp] will Return as [ſoon | soon]ſoonsoon as it will
be Safe for him on a [miſsion | mission]miſsionmission to the Six Nations[org0090.ocp]. —
[& | and]&and The Union of all [thoſe | those]thoſethose in the Same plan we ap
rehend will afford [amore | a more]amorea more [agreable | agreeable]agreableagreeable [proſpect | prospect]proſpectprospect than has
ever yet [appeard | appeared]appeardappeared of this kind. but [theſe | these]theſethese Things
we have determined upon without a Shilling in
Stock, Relying only on him [whoſe | whose]whoſewhose the Earth is [& | and]&and the
[fullneſs | fullness]fullneſsfullness [there of | thereof]there ofthereof to Support the Same, who has hither
to [appeard | appeared]appeardappeared to own the Design [& | and]&and [Increaſe | increase]Increaſeincrease it from Small
beginnings nor has [Sufferd | suffered]Sufferdsuffered [thoſe | those]thoſethose who have [truſtd | trusted]truſtdtrusted in him
to be [aſhamed | ashamed]aſhamedashamed of their Confidence. — and we have [above] doubtdoubt
From [above] [conſidering | considering]conſideringconsidering[conſidering | considering]conſideringconsidering the Great Charater [above] [Evidince | evidence]Evidinceevidence[Evidince | evidence]Evidinceevidence of the Piety, [& | and]&and [Generoſity | generosity]Generoſitygenerosity of
your [honle | honourable]honlehonourable Society Stong hope [above] we doubt notwe doubt not that when the Impor
tance of this affair [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall be maturely [Conſidd | considered]Conſiddconsidered by you
you will [agreably | agreeably]agreablyagreeably to the Other [Expreſsn | expression]Expreſsnexpression of your
Pious Zeal do all that your [wiſdom | wisdom]wiſdomwisdom [& | and]&and Power Ena
bles you to do to Render as Capable to Execute [theſe | these]theſethese
Great [& | and]&and Good Designs. as the Expected openings will
[probebly | probably]probeblyprobably Induce [Miſsionaries | missionaries]Miſsionariesmissionaries, [& | and]&and [Schoolmaſters | schoolmasters]Schoolmaſtersschoolmasters to [viſit | visit]viſitvisit the
Remoter Tribes than any of our [Miſsionaries | missionaries]Miſsionariesmissionaries have
hitherto [Reach.d | reached]Reach.dreached [& | and]&and [theſe | these]theſethese [miſsionaries | missionaries]miſsionariesmissionaries mostly Indians we conceive
will give them more [Convincg | convincing]Convincgconvincing [prooff | proof]prooffproof of the
sincerity of our Intentions, [& | and]&and Incline them to Send their
[Promiſing | promising]Promiſingpromising youth when Invited to Receive an Education
with us, [ſo | so]ſoso we hope the [Honle | Honourable]HonleHonourable Society[org0096.ocp] will think
this [Scool | school]Scoolschool[org0098.ocp] which [subſiſts | subsists]subſiſtssubsists on no other Fund but the Care
[& | and]&and bounty of divine Providence to be an object worthy
of their Kind notice [& | and]&and attention Encourgment —
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People identified in this document:

id Text in document Role in header Authorized Name
pers0305.ocp our King mentioned Frederick, George William
pers0036.ocp M r Mr. Wheelock mentioned Wheelock, Eleazar
pers0030.ocp M r Mr. Occom mentioned Occom, Samson
pers0002.ocp Sam ll Samuel Aſhpo Ashpo mentioned Ashpo, Samuel
pers0500.ocp M r Mr. Charles Jeoffry Jeffery Smith mentioned Smith, Charles Jeffery

Places identified in this document:

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place0122.ocp Leb n Lebanon Lebanon

Organizations identified in this document:

id Text in document Authorized Name
org0096.ocp HonleHonourable Society in Scotland for Propagating ChriſtianChristian Knowledge Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge
org0034.ocp bordboard of Correſpondentscorrespondents in the Colony of ContConnecticut Connecticut Board of Correspondents of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge
org0096.ocp your Hon.lehonourable ſo cietysociety Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge
org0098.ocp School Moor’s Indian Charity School
org0090.ocp Six Nations Six Nations
org0095.ocp London CommiſionersCommissioners The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America
org0090.ocp Six Nations Six Nations
org0096.ocp the HonleHonourable Society Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge
org0098.ocp Scoolschool Moor’s Indian Charity School

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1763-07-09 July 9

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Abbreviation Expansion
Honle Honourable
Hon.d Honoured
Cont Connecticut
Lebn Lebanon
& and
namd named
Comtee Committee
act account
Honr honour
Hon.le honourable
Km kingdom
hapS happiness
Honle honourable
undr under
Reachg reaching
⅌ſwaded persuaded
Exertg exerting
throngd thronged
unrighs unrighteous
Preingagemt pre-engagement
sendg sending
Samll Samuel
honle honourable
Conſidd considered
Expreſsn expression
Reach.d reached
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