Samson Occom, letter, to Mary Occom, 1766 March 11
11 March 1766[1766-03-11]
Call Number766211
[note (type: abstract): Occom details the items he is sending for his family from England, and tells of his inoculation by Mr. Whitaker just hours before.][note (type: handwriting): Occom's hand is clear and legible. Letter case is occasionally difficult to decipher.][note (type: paper): Single medium-sized sheet is in good condition, with mostly light staining, creasing and wear.][note (type: ink): Brown ink is lightly faded.][note (type: noteworthy): An editor, likely 19th-century, has added a note to one verso that reads: "Occom to wife London march 11, 1766?" This note has not been included in the transcription.]EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain, Occom’s inoculation
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
London[place0128.ocp]
March 11: 1766[1766-03-11]
My Dear Wife
My Dear Wife
I send you with this [above] letterletter
Some [Cloathing | clothing]Cloathingclothing, for our Family, there is 9 Yards of
[Broad Cloth | broadcloth]Broad Clothbroadcloth and Some Shalloon, to make a [Sute | suit]Sutesuit of
[Cloaths | clothes]Cloathsclothes for Aaron[pers0026.ocp], and what is left you may do as
you [Pleaſe | Please]PleaſePlease with, you may make Blankets or
Cloaks of it, — and a [pice | piece]picepiece of Stuff about 30 Yards
and [Strip’d | striped]Strip’dstriped Flannel between 30 and 40 Yards,
and 38 Yards of [Checker’d | checkered]Checker’dcheckered Linen, and about as
much white Linen — they go by way of [Boſton | Boston]BoſtonBoston[place0013.ocp].
and [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Peck[pers0032.ocp] will send them to Norwich Landing[place0176.ocp]
to [Mrs | Mrs.]MrsMrs. Whitaker[pers0583.ocp], for her things and our things
a[illegible]re all in one Box — By the Mercy of god I am
in Good Health, and I hope and pray [theſe | these]theſethese may
find you so — [Truſt | trust]Truſttrust in the Lord Jehovah, for
in him is [Everlaſting | everlasting]Everlaſtingeverlasting Strength — about a [qua
ter | quar
ter]qua
terquar
ter after 3: this [after-Noon | afternoon]after-Noonafternoon, I was Inoculated
by [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Whitaker[pers0037.ocp], — and you will soon hear
whether I am well of it or Dead with it —
the [Cloathing | clothing]Cloathingclothing is by the [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Whitefield[pers0038.ocp]
and the Pins and Books by[illegible]
Madam Whitefield[pers0585.ocp].
and the Coffee Pot and 3 [Braſs | brass]Braſsbrass Screws by one [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
Withy[pers0603.ocp], — you [muſt | must]muſtmust never [above] putput the Pot on the fire,
the [Braſs | brass]Braſsbrass are to hang [Cloaths | clothes]Cloathsclothes on — from
Some [Cloathing | clothing]Cloathingclothing, for our Family, there is 9 Yards of
[Broad Cloth | broadcloth]Broad Clothbroadcloth and Some Shalloon, to make a [Sute | suit]Sutesuit of
[Cloaths | clothes]Cloathsclothes for Aaron[pers0026.ocp], and what is left you may do as
you [Pleaſe | Please]PleaſePlease with, you may make Blankets or
Cloaks of it, — and a [pice | piece]picepiece of Stuff about 30 Yards
and [Strip’d | striped]Strip’dstriped Flannel between 30 and 40 Yards,
and 38 Yards of [Checker’d | checkered]Checker’dcheckered Linen, and about as
much white Linen — they go by way of [Boſton | Boston]BoſtonBoston[place0013.ocp].
and [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Peck[pers0032.ocp] will send them to Norwich Landing[place0176.ocp]
to [Mrs | Mrs.]MrsMrs. Whitaker[pers0583.ocp], for her things and our things
a
in Good Health, and I hope and pray [theſe | these]theſethese may
find you so — [Truſt | trust]Truſttrust in the Lord Jehovah, for
in him is [Everlaſting | everlasting]Everlaſtingeverlasting Strength — about a [qua
ter | quar
ter]qua
terquar
ter after 3: this [after-Noon | afternoon]after-Noonafternoon, I was Inoculated
by [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Whitaker[pers0037.ocp], — and you will soon hear
whether I am well of it or Dead with it —
the [Cloathing | clothing]Cloathingclothing is by the [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Whitefield[pers0038.ocp]
and the Pins and Books by
and the Coffee Pot and 3 [Braſs | brass]Braſsbrass Screws by one [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
Withy[pers0603.ocp], — you [muſt | must]muſtmust never [above] putput the Pot on the fire,
the [Braſs | brass]Braſsbrass are to hang [Cloaths | clothes]Cloathsclothes on — from
[Closer]
your [Huſband | husband]Huſbandhusband
[Samſon | Samson]SamſonSamson Occom[pers0030.ocp]
[Postscript]
I have [alſo | also]alſoalso sent 3 pair of girls Stockings
and one Dozen of knives and Forks
and a Picture of King[pers0305.ocp] [& | and]&and Queen[pers0818.ocp] —
and one Dozen of knives and Forks
and a Picture of King[pers0305.ocp] [& | and]&and Queen[pers0818.ocp] —
To
[Mrs | Mrs.]MrsMrs. Mary Occom[pers0029.ocp]
at
Mohegan, [N. | New]N.New London[place0164.ocp][place0143.ocp]
in Connecticut[place0048.ocp]
[Mrs | Mrs.]MrsMrs. Mary Occom[pers0029.ocp]
at
Mohegan, [N. | New]N.New London[place0164.ocp][place0143.ocp]
in Connecticut[place0048.ocp]
Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0026.ocp | Aaron | mentioned | Occom, Aaron |
pers0032.ocp | M r Mr. Peck | mentioned | Peck, Moses |
pers0583.ocp | M rs Mrs. Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Sarah (née Smith) |
pers0037.ocp | M r Mr. Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Nathaniel |
pers0038.ocp | Rev d Rev. M r Mr. Whitefield | mentioned | Whitefield, George |
pers0585.ocp | Madam Whitefield | mentioned | Whitefield, Elizabeth (née James) |
pers0603.ocp | M r Mr. Withy | mentioned | Withy |
pers0030.ocp | Samſon Samson Occom | writer | Occom, Samson |
pers0305.ocp | King | mentioned | Frederick, George William |
pers0818.ocp | Queen | mentioned | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
pers0029.ocp | M rs Mrs. Mary Occom | recipient | Occom, Mary (née Fowler) |
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id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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place0128.ocp | London | London |
place0013.ocp | Boſton Boston | Boston |
place0176.ocp | Norwich Landing | Norwich Landing |
place0143.ocp | Mohegan, N. New London | Mohegan |
place0164.ocp | N. New London | New London |
place0048.ocp | Connecticut | Connecticut |
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1766-03-11 | March 11: 1766 |
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variation | Cloathing | clothing |
variation | Broad Cloth | broadcloth |
variation | Sute | suit |
variation | Cloaths | clothes |
modernization | Pleaſe | Please |
variation | pice | piece |
modernization | Boſton | Boston |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
modernization | Mrs | Mrs. |
modernization | theſe | these |
modernization | Truſt | trust |
modernization | Everlaſting | everlasting |
variation | qua ter |
quar ter |
variation | after-Noon | afternoon |
modernization | Revd | Rev. |
modernization | Braſs | brass |
modernization | muſt | must |
modernization | Huſband | husband |
modernization | Samſon | Samson |
modernization | alſo | also |
Expanded abbreviations:
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Strip’d | striped |
Checker’d | checkered |
& | and |
N. | New |
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