David Fowler, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1765 September 23
23 September 1765[1765-09-23]
ms number765523.4
[note (type: abstract): Fowler recounts his arrival at Oneida, and describes the state of his school and life there.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is largely clear and legible.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in fair-to-good condition with moderate-to-heavy creasing and staining. There is significant tearing around the remants of seal, but it results in no loss of text.][note (type: ink): Ink varies in intensity from medium-brown to brown-black.][note (type: noteworthy): The contents of this letter are very similar to those of manuscript 765365. In the closing salutation, it is uncertain to whom "Master" refers, and so it has been left untagged.]
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I [arriv'd | arrived]arriv'darrived here on the fourth [inſtant | instant]inſtantinstant[1765-09-04], and immediately began my School; but it is very [ſmall | small]ſmallsmall at [preſent | present]preſentpresent
[occaſion'd | occasioned]occaſion'doccasioned by gather^[above] ing^ing Corn and building [Houſes | houses]Houſeshouses, I [beleive | believe]beleivebelieve I [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall
^[above] have^have thirty after the hurry is over — My Scholars
learn very [faſt | fast]faſtfast
[ſome | some]ſomesome have got ^[above] to ^to the [ieght | eight]ieghteight Page: I am yet teaching both Old and Young to [ſing | sing]ſingsing, they can carry three parts of [ſeveral | several]ſeveralseveral Tunes neatly.
I made it a long time before I got 'up here [becauſe | because]becauſebecause I had [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch heavy Pack.— I bought me Plow Irons and
[ſeveral | several]ſeveralseveral other Things which I could not ^[above] do^do without very
well. I have got the [littel | little]littellittle
[Horſe | horse]Horſehorse; the Man [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked a Dollar for
^[left] keeping him^keeping him and half a Dollar for going with me ten Miles before
he would deliver the [Horſe | horse]Horſehorse to me.— My coming up [ſo | so]ſoso
[ſlow | slow]ſlowslow, buying [ſo | so]ſoso many things, giving Money to those Women and bringing two [Horſes | horses]Horſeshorses
[almoſt | almost]almoſtalmost took all my Money be‐fore I got up; I think I was very
prudent with my Money.— I [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall want twenty Dollars more. [al‐ſo | also]al‐ſoalso I [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall be exceeding glad you find would find me a [Compleat | complete]Compleatcomplete Letter Writer and Guide to Prayer.—
I [deſign | design]deſigndesign to come down next Year after I have planted Corn and Mmy Garden
things come up. [ſo | so]ſoso that I may be able ^[above] to^to tell my Children how they [muſt | must]muſtmust manage the Garden in my [Abſence | absence]Abſenceabsence.
Give my kind Regards Mto Madam[pers0577.ocp] and
[Maſter | Master]MaſterMaster I could not write to him this Time.— And ac
cept much Love and Duty from,
[Closer]
your affectionate though unworthy Pupil
David
Fowler[pers0155.ocp]
[Trailer]
from david fowler[pers0155.ocp]
[Sept | September]SeptSeptember 1765[1765-09]
To The [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] in
Connecticut[place0048.ocp]
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People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0577.ocp | Madam | mentioned | Wheelock, Mary (née Brinsmead) |
pers0155.ocp | David Fowler | writer | Fowler, David |
pers0155.ocp | david fowler | writer | Fowler, David |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
Places identified in this document:
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place0179.ocp | Onoyda Oneida | Oneida |
place0048.ocp | Connecticut | Connecticut |
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1765-09-23 | September 23 1765 |
1765-09-04 | fourth inſtantinstant |
1765-09 | SeptSeptember 1765 |
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modernization | ſmall | small |
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modernization | ſing | sing |
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modernization | becauſe | because |
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modernization | Horſe | horse |
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modernization | al‐ſo | also |
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modernization | deſign | design |
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modernization | Maſter | Master |
modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
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arriv'd | arrived |
occaſion'd | occasioned |
aſk'd | asked |
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