David McClure, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 August 5
4 August 1766[1766-08-04]
ms number766454
[note (type: abstract): McClure writes from his mission about his arrival, the work of the school, the condition of the pupils, and the kindness of people. He notes the difficulties in not knowing the language.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is formal and clear.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded to make four pages is in mostly good condition, with a significant tear around the seal, which is wholly preserved. This tear results in a slight loss of text.][note (type: ink): Dark brown.]
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
[top] David [MacCluor's | McClure's]MacCluor'sMcClure's[pers0368.ocp] Letter
[Aug.t | August]Aug.tAugust
[4.th | 4th]4.th4th 1766[1766-08-04]
David [MacCluor's | McClure's]MacCluor'sMcClure's[pers0368.ocp] Letter
[Aug.t | August]Aug.tAugust
[4.th | 4th]4.th4th 1766[1766-08-04]With much Duty [& | and]&and Reverence I embrace this [Oppertunity | opportunity]Oppertunityopportunity, to inform you, that by the Indulgence of a kind Providence I [reach'd | reached]reach'dreached this Place the [23.d | 23rd]23.d23rd last Month[1766-07-23], went [immeadietly | immediately]immeadietlyimmediately into David's School, where the [Scholers | scholars]Scholersscholars, the poor ignorant Creatures
[chearfully | cheerfully]chearfullycheerfully
[Aſsembled | Assembled]AſsembledAssembled. I was very agreeably [ſirpriz'd | surprised]ſirpriz'dsurprised at the [proficancy | proficiency]proficancyproficiency of the [Scholers | scholars]Scholersscholars, their unwearied Labour in Study, [& | and]&and the good Order, Sobriety [& | and]&and Reverence which I think is natural to them. [& | and]&and which they [exerciſe | exercise]exerciſeexercise
[eſpecially | especially]eſpeciallyespecially in School—
We have been treated [ſince | since]ſincesince our
[Arrivel | arrival]Arrivelarrival with [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch
[kindneſs | kindness]kindneſskindness as I never epxpected to receive from [Inhabitents | inhabitants]Inhabitentsinhabitants of this part of the World.
[ſcarce | scarce]ſcarcescarce a Day has gone over our Heads, but we have brought in to us [freſh | fresh]freſhfresh Meat of [ſome | some]ſomesome kind or other.
[Tho | Though]ThoThough we live [ſomthing | something]ſomthingsomething dirty, for want of
[Houſe | House]HouſeHouse
[neceſsaries | necessaries]neceſsariesnecessaries, [& | and]&and
[alſo | also]alſoalso for want of knowledge to
[uſe | use]uſeuse
[thoſe | those]thoſethose we have, yet I hope we [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall live a little cleaner, [& | and]&and that very [ſoon | soon]ſoonsoon by the help of David's
fifth Ribb[pers0742.ocp], M.r Kirtland[pers0315.ocp]
[ſett | set]ſettset out [to Day | today]to Daytoday for [S.r | Sir]S.rSir
[W.ms | William's]W.msWilliam's[pers0292.ocp] he [paſs'd | passed]paſs'dpassed by here yesterday, in his way home from Detroit[place0060.ocp]
^[above] [Oſswego | Oswego]OſswegoOswego[place0256.ocp]^[Oſswego | Oswego]OſswegoOswego[place0256.ocp]. Yesterday, (Lords Day) [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Kirtland[pers0315.ocp]
[preach'd | preached]preach'dpreached two Sermons, to the Indians, but the Interpreter, made out but po[gap: tear][guess (emmav): orly]orly by [reaſon | reason]reaſonreason of his Age,
[illegible] and his [unaquaintedneſs | unaquaintedness]unaquaintedneſsunaquaintedness of [Onoid[gap: tear][guess (emmav): a]a | Oneid[gap: tear][guess (emmav): a]a]Onoid[gap: tear][guess (emmav): a]aOneid[gap: tear][guess (emmav): a]a[org0075.ocp]
[Languge | language]Langugelanguage, (he being a [Tuſkarooroak | Tuscarora]TuſkarooroakTuscarora[org0104.ocp]. Who was [ſuppoſ'd | supposed]ſuppoſ'dsupposed to [gap: tear][guess (emmav): be]be converted [ſome | some]ſomesome Years [agone | ago]agoneago)— But the Indians are very [deſirous | desirous]deſirousdesirous to be taught— and [expreſs | express]expreſsexpress
[hartly | hearty]hartlyhearty
[& | and]&and
[numberleſs | numberless]numberleſsnumberless thanks to [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] and [thoſe | those]thoſethose good Ministers, who are
[hartely | heartily]hartelyheartily engaged for their good [&c | etc.]&cetc. &c [&c. | etc.]&c.etc. I hope God
[deſigns | designs]deſignsdesigns to make this People a happy, and [florishing | flourishing]florishingflourishing People— they want nothing but the knowledge of our Lord
[& | and]&and Saviour [Jeſus | Jesus]JeſusJesus Christ to make them [Christains | christians]Christainschristians— I am put to a great deal of Difficulty in School in not having
their Language so that I might talk to the [Scholers | scholars]Scholersscholars—
I long to be able to [converſe | converse]converſeconverse with the poor Creatures in their Language— to teach [& | and]&and
[inſtruct | instruct]inſtructinstruct them what
little I know in the things of Religion— I hope
before I return, to [git | get]gitget a little [ſpatter | spatter]ſpatterspatter of it—
The Indians are very [deſirous | desirous]deſirousdesirous of [ſchooling | schooling]ſchoolingschooling Their Children— one instance in particular, as I was
[ſetting | setting]ſettingsetting in School (held in the Church) I [ſaw | saw]ſawsaw an Indian Man bringing his little Son to School with a Rod of
Correction in one Hand and a Boy on the oth[gap: tear][guess (emmav): er]er
[ſide | side]ſideside to lead him along, and he proves to a very [ſtudious | studious]ſtudiousstudious Lad got his four [& | and]&and twenty Letters in four Days—
Having nothing [meterial | material]meterialmaterial— I conclude
[beging | begging]begingbegging
The your [inceſsent | incessant]inceſsentincessant Prayers— for
[Closer]
[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[S.r | Sir]S.rSir— Your most [dutifull | dutiful]dutifulldutiful
[tho' | though]tho'though unworthy [Pupel | pupil]Pupelpupil—
David [M.cCluer | McClure]M.cCluerMcClure[pers0368.ocp]
[Postscript]
P.S. [pleaſe | please]pleaſeplease to give much Duty to Madam[pers0577.ocp]—
Love to
[famely | family]famelyfamily
[& | and]&and
School[org0098.ocp]— [& | and]&and accept much Duty [& | and]&and
[renew'd | renewed]renew'drenewed Thanks from yours most humbly— DM.[pers0368.ocp]—
^[left] [Johnſon | Johnson]JohnſonJohnson[pers0288.ocp] behaves [extaraordinary | extraordinarily]extaraordinaryextraordinarily well—^[Johnſon | Johnson]JohnſonJohnson[pers0288.ocp] behaves [extaraordinary | extraordinarily]extaraordinaryextraordinarily well—
To the
[Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
[p.r | per]p.rper favour}
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Wheelock[pers0578.ocp]}
Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0368.ocp | David MacCluor's McClure's | writer | McClure, David |
pers0742.ocp | David's fifth Ribb | mentioned | Fowler, Hannah (née Garrett) |
pers0315.ocp | M. r Kirtland | mentioned | Kirkland, Samuel |
pers0292.ocp | S. r Sir W. ms William's | mentioned | Johnson, William |
pers0315.ocp | M. r Mr. Kirtland | mentioned | Kirkland, Samuel |
pers0036.ocp | M. r Mr. Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0368.ocp | David M. c Cluer McClure | writer | McClure, David |
pers0577.ocp | Madam | mentioned | Wheelock, Mary (née Brinsmead) |
pers0368.ocp | DM. | writer | McClure, David |
pers0288.ocp | Johnſon Johnson | mentioned | Johnson, Joseph |
pers0036.ocp | M. r Mr. Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
Places identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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place0114.ocp | Kaunoowawrora Kanawalohale | Kanawalohale |
place0060.ocp | Detroit | Detroit |
place0256.ocp | Oſswego Oswego | Oswego |
place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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org0075.ocp | OnoidaOneida | Oneida Nation |
org0104.ocp | TuſkarooroakTuscarora | Tuscarora Nation |
org0098.ocp | School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
Dates identified in this document:
Standard Form | Text |
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1764-08-04 | Aug.tAugust 4 1766 |
1766-08-04 | Aug.tAugust 4.th4th 1766 |
1766-07-23 | 23.d23rd last Month |
Regularized text:
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variation | Kaunoowawrora | Kanawalohale |
modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
variation | MacCluor's | McClure's |
modernization | 4.th | 4th |
variation | Oppertunity | opportunity |
modernization | 23.d | 23rd |
variation | immeadietly | immediately |
variation | Scholers | scholars |
variation | chearfully | cheerfully |
modernization | Aſsembled | Assembled |
variation | ſirpriz'd | surprised |
variation | proficancy | proficiency |
modernization | exerciſe | exercise |
modernization | eſpecially | especially |
modernization | ſince | since |
variation | Arrivel | arrival |
modernization | ſuch | such |
modernization | kindneſs | kindness |
variation | Inhabitents | inhabitants |
modernization | ſcarce | scarce |
modernization | freſh | fresh |
modernization | ſome | some |
variation | Tho | Though |
variation | ſomthing | something |
modernization | Houſe | House |
modernization | neceſsaries | necessaries |
modernization | alſo | also |
modernization | uſe | use |
modernization | thoſe | those |
modernization | ſhall | shall |
modernization | ſoon | soon |
variation | ſett | set |
variation | to Day | today |
modernization | Oſswego | Oswego |
modernization | M.r | Mr. |
modernization | reaſon | reason |
modernization | unaquaintedneſs | unaquaintedness |
variation | Onoid[gap: tear][guess (emmav): a]a | Oneid[gap: tear][guess (emmav): a]a |
variation | Languge | language |
variation | Tuſkarooroak | Tuscarora |
variation | agone | ago |
modernization | deſirous | desirous |
modernization | expreſs | express |
variation | hartly | hearty |
modernization | numberleſs | numberless |
variation | hartely | heartily |
modernization | &c | etc. |
modernization | &c. | etc. |
modernization | deſigns | designs |
variation | florishing | flourishing |
modernization | Jeſus | Jesus |
variation | Christains | christians |
modernization | converſe | converse |
modernization | inſtruct | instruct |
variation | git | get |
modernization | ſpatter | spatter |
modernization | ſchooling | schooling |
modernization | ſetting | setting |
modernization | ſaw | saw |
modernization | ſide | side |
modernization | ſtudious | studious |
variation | meterial | material |
variation | beging | begging |
variation | inceſsent | incessant |
variation | dutifull | dutiful |
variation | Pupel | pupil |
variation | M.cCluer | McClure |
modernization | pleaſe | please |
variation | famely | family |
modernization | Johnſon | Johnson |
variation | extaraordinary | extraordinarily |
modernization | Revd | Rev. |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
Expanded abbreviations:
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Aug.t | August |
& | and |
Hon.d | Honoured |
reach'd | reached |
S.r | Sir |
W.ms | William's |
paſs'd | passed |
preach'd | preached |
ſuppoſ'd | supposed |
tho' | though |
renew'd | renewed |
p.r | per |
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