Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, 1765 December 16
16 December 1765[1765-12-16]
Call Number765666
[note (type: abstract): This fragment of a letter written by Eleazar Wheelock briefly describes Occom's skills and history as a missionary.][note (type: handwriting): Letter is in Wheelock’s hand. Writing is small, slanted and crowded, with several deletions, all of which hinder legibility.][note (type: paper): Large sheet is in good condition, with light-to-moderate creasing, staining and wear.][note (type: noteworthy): The document is almost certainly a draft.C ontents are similar to those of 765617. Wheelock appears to be briefing the Society regarding Occom's possible activities in Great Britain. Notes on the bottom of one recto are possibly notes for a sermon or speech plans?. A trailer is added in another, likely 19th-century, hand.]EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain
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to take the care of a party of Indians at [Muntauck | Montauk]MuntauckMontauk[place0144.ocp] on Long [Iſland | Island]IſlandIsland[place0129.ocp], who had been
through the Influence of Some wild Exhorters got into under the [Inſtrictions | instructions]Inſtrictionsinstructions
of the [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Horton[pers0262.ocp] your [Miſsionery | missionary]Miſsionerymissionary, [ſent | sent]ſentsent to them by your Board of
[Corriſpondents | Correspondents]CorriſpondentsCorrespondents in New [Jerſey | Jersey]JerſeyJersey[org0069.ocp]. but through the Influence of wild [Enthuſiaſtical | enthusiastic]Enthuſiaſticalenthusiastic
Exhorters from abroad, these Indians[org0061.ocp] had got into a [moſt | most]moſtmost broken [Diſtracted | distracted]Diſtracteddistracted
State, which gave [mr | Mr.]mrMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp] an opportunity to [ſhew | show]ſhewshow his Prudence and [ſkill | skill]ſkillskill
in managing Such people, for in a little Time they were reduced to an orderly
Behaviour, and their Wild notions corrected. he laboured thereas a
School
[Maſter | master]Maſtermaster with [Succeſs | success]Succeſssuccess in the capacity of [School Maſter | schoolmaster]School Maſterschoolmaster
[& | and]&and public Teacher a
number of Years ['till | 'til]'till'til he was ordained by the [Preſbytery | Presbytery]PreſbyteryPresbytery of Suffolk County[org0085.ocp],
but the Small Pittance allowed him for his Support [above]which Iwhich I
[ſuppose | suppose]ſupposesuppose was never
more than [above] equal toequal to the [Extraordinery | extraordinary]Extraordineryextraordinary [Expence | expense]Expenceexpenseof his public [Charecter | character]Charectercharacter. by which
meanshis Ab he was not able to obtain a Library, nor
had he Time to
have profited much by it if he had had one. and thus his Abilities have
been all along [Stemed | stemmed]Stemedstemmed, however he has done well in Several [Miſsions | missions]Miſsionsmissions
and is Well[illegible][guess (emmav): calculated]calculated qualified to Edify his own
Nation[org0063.ocp], and is by
all Who are capable of Judging [eſteemd | esteemed]eſteemdesteemed an Excellent Speaker in his own
Tongue. What a figure he will make in Europe[place0070.ocp]I cant in a Scene So different
from that which he has been used to I cant tell, however I hope[conſiderate | considerate]conſiderateconsiderate
Gentlemen will make proper Allowances for his Education and [Buſineſs | business]Buſineſsbusiness of
Life Which has been that of a Teacher of Babes, even the [moſt | most]moſtmost Ignorant
part of mankind, and not used to Speak [publickly | publicly]publicklypublicly in [engliſh | English]engliſhEnglish, nor to calculate
[Diſcourſes | discourses]Diſcourſesdiscourses for Learned [Aſsemblies | assemblies]Aſsembliesassemblies.— but I need not [inlarge | enlarge]inlargeenlarge.
of the [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Horton[pers0262.ocp] your [Miſsionery | missionary]Miſsionerymissionary, [ſent | sent]ſentsent to them by your Board of
[Corriſpondents | Correspondents]CorriſpondentsCorrespondents in New [Jerſey | Jersey]JerſeyJersey[org0069.ocp]. but through the Influence of wild [Enthuſiaſtical | enthusiastic]Enthuſiaſticalenthusiastic
Exhorters from abroad, these Indians[org0061.ocp] had got into a [moſt | most]moſtmost broken [Diſtracted | distracted]Diſtracteddistracted
State, which gave [mr | Mr.]mrMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp] an opportunity to [ſhew | show]ſhewshow his Prudence and [ſkill | skill]ſkillskill
in managing Such people, for in a little Time they were reduced to an orderly
Behaviour, and their Wild notions corrected. he laboured there
number of Years ['till | 'til]'till'til he was ordained by the [Preſbytery | Presbytery]PreſbyteryPresbytery of Suffolk County[org0085.ocp],
but the Small Pittance allowed him for his Support [above]
more than [above] equal toequal to the [Extraordinery | extraordinary]Extraordineryextraordinary [Expence | expense]Expenceexpenseof his public [Charecter | character]Charectercharacter. by which
means
have profited much by it if he had had one. and thus his Abilities have
been all along [Stemed | stemmed]Stemedstemmed, however he has done well in Several [Miſsions | missions]Miſsionsmissions
and is Well
all Who are capable of Judging [eſteemd | esteemed]eſteemdesteemed an Excellent Speaker in his own
Tongue. What a figure he will make in Europe[place0070.ocp]
from that which he has been used to I cant tell, however I hope
Gentlemen will make proper Allowances for his Education and [Buſineſs | business]Buſineſsbusiness of
Life Which has been that of a Teacher of Babes, even the [moſt | most]moſtmost Ignorant
part of mankind, and not used to Speak [publickly | publicly]publicklypublicly in [engliſh | English]engliſhEnglish, nor to calculate
[Diſcourſes | discourses]Diſcourſesdiscourses for Learned [Aſsemblies | assemblies]Aſsembliesassemblies.— but I need not [inlarge | enlarge]inlargeenlarge.
The [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[Meſsrs | Messrs.]MeſsrsMessrs.
Whitaker[pers0037.ocp]
[& | and]&and, Occom[pers0030.ocp]
[illegible]
[above] being ablebeing able to gratify give You with
a more [prticular | particular]prticularparticular [acco.t | account]acco.taccount of all our Indian Affairs than isconvenient to
[Eaſie | easy]Eaſieeasy to Write, and if I have [above] alreadyalready exceeded proper bound,[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): alread]alread your [Good
neſs | good
ness]Good
neſsgood
ness will [diſpose | dispose]diſposedispose you to accept for my [Excuſe | excuse]Excuſeexcuse, that I haveif done it [illegible]
only with a view to gratify you [& | and]&and to [Teſtify | testify]Teſtifytestify that I am with [greateſt | greatest]greateſtgreatest
Duty and [Eſteem | esteem]Eſteemesteem. [Hon.d | Honoured]Hon.dHonoured Sirs,
a more [prticular | particular]prticularparticular [acco.t | account]acco.taccount of all our Indian Affairs than is
[Eaſie | easy]Eaſieeasy to Write, and if I have [above] alreadyalready exceeded proper bound,
neſs | good
ness]Good
neſsgood
ness will [diſpose | dispose]diſposedispose you to accept for my [Excuſe | excuse]Excuſeexcuse, that I have
only with a view to gratify you [& | and]&and to [Teſtify | testify]Teſtifytestify that I am with [greateſt | greatest]greateſtgreatest
Duty and [Eſteem | esteem]Eſteemesteem. [Hon.d | Honoured]Hon.dHonoured Sirs,
[Closer]
Your [Moſt | most]Moſtmost Obedient and
[moſt | most]moſtmost humble Servant Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[moſt | most]moſtmost humble Servant Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[Trailer]
Lebanon[place0122.ocp] In Connecticut[place0048.ocp]
[Dec.r | December]Dec.rDecember2[16.th | 16th]16.th16th AD 1765[1765-12-16].
1. [w.t | what]w.twhat
[Oppreſsn | Oppression]OppreſsnOppression is[illegible]
2. [y.e | the]y.ethe Evil of it.
3. The Duty of a pp [illegible]
[und.r | under]und.runder it. or [w.t | what]w.twhat
[courſe | course]courſecourse will be [Succeſs | success]Succeſssuccess to be D[illegible][guess (emmav): dd]dd:
D. [y.t | that]y.tthat [yre | there]yrethere is a way of D[illegible][guess (emmav): de]de left for [y.e | the]y.ethe poor
and needy [und.r | under]und.runder Sore [oppreſsn | oppression]oppreſsnoppression[W.h | which]W.hwhich [y.r | their]y.rtheir [Oppreſsrs | oppressors]Oppreſsrsoppressors
cant prevent them.
1. [W.t | What]W.tWhat it is.[illegible][guess (emmav): 666bbbbgggg]666bbbbgggg
2. [gr.t | great]gr.tgreat Calamity. 610. as well as [gr.t | great]gr.tgreat Evil [illegible]
3.y[w.t | what]w.twhat
[y.e | the]y.ethe
[oppreſsed | oppressed]oppreſsedoppressed are to do for [Deliv.e | Deliverance]Deliv.eDeliverance or
[w.t | what]w.twhat [y.t | that]y.tthat [courſe | course]courſecourse [w.c | which]w.cwhich [y.r | their]y.rtheir [Oppreſsrs | Oppressors]OppreſsrsOppressors cant prevent [ym | them]ymthem
[illegible]
to [Socy | Society]SocySociety in
Scotland[org0096.ocp]
—fragment—
[Dec. | December]Dec.December 1765.[1765-12-16]
[Dec.r | December]Dec.rDecember
D. [y.t | that]y.tthat [yre | there]yrethere is a way of D[illegible][guess (emmav): de]de left for [y.e | the]y.ethe poor
and needy [und.r | under]und.runder Sore [oppreſsn | oppression]oppreſsnoppression[W.h | which]W.hwhich [y.r | their]y.rtheir [Oppreſsrs | oppressors]Oppreſsrsoppressors
cant prevent them.
1. [W.t | What]W.tWhat it is.
2. [gr.t | great]gr.tgreat Calamity. 610. as well as [gr.t | great]gr.tgreat Evi
3.
[w.t | what]w.twhat [y.t | that]y.tthat [courſe | course]courſecourse [w.c | which]w.cwhich [y.r | their]y.rtheir [Oppreſsrs | Oppressors]OppreſsrsOppressors cant prevent [ym | them]ymthem
to [Socy | Society]SocySociety in
Scotland[org0096.ocp]
—fragment—
[Dec. | December]Dec.December 1765.[1765-12-16]
To the [Honle | Honourable]HonleHonourable
Society In Scotland for Propagating
[Chriſtian | Christian]ChriſtianChristian Knowledge[org0096.ocp]
[Chriſtian | Christian]ChriſtianChristian Knowledge[org0096.ocp]
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pers0262.ocp | M. r Mr. Horton | mentioned | Horton, Azariah |
pers0030.ocp | m r Mr. Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0037.ocp | Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Nathaniel |
pers0030.ocp | Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | writer | Wheelock, Eleazar |
Places identified in this document:
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place0144.ocp | Muntauck Montauk | Montauk |
place0129.ocp | Long Iſland Island | Long Island |
place0070.ocp | Europe | Europe |
place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0048.ocp | Connecticut | Connecticut |
Organizations identified in this document:
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org0069.ocp | Board of CorriſpondentsCorrespondents in New JerſeyJersey | The New York/New Jersey Board of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge |
org0061.ocp | these Indians | Montaukett Tribe |
org0085.ocp | PreſbyteryPresbytery of Suffolk County | Presbytery of Suffolk County |
org0063.ocp | Nation | Mohegan Tribe |
org0096.ocp | SocySociety in Scotland | Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge |
org0096.ocp | Society In Scotland for Propagating ChriſtianChristian Knowledge | Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge |
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W.h | which |
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