Robert Keen, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 August 20
20 August 1766[1766-08-20]
ms number766470.1
[note (type: abstract): Keen writes a lengthy letter to Wheelock about the progress of the fundraising tour in England, and the management of the funds collected.][note (type: handwriting): Formal handwriting is clear and legible.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages has been heavily reinforced, which makes it difficult to gauge the condition of the paper. It appears to be in good-to-fair condition, with light staining and wear, and heavy creasing.][note (type: ink): Brown-black.]EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain
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London[place0128.ocp]
[20th | 20th]20th20th. [Aug.st | August]Aug.stAugust 1766[1766-08-20] —
[Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[& | and]&and dear [Sr | sir]Srsir
I have the [Happineſs | Happiness]HappineſsHappiness to acquaint you Providence appears Remarkably to smile here on your
Indian School[org0098.ocp] affairs — there is already [Subscrib'd | subscribed]Subscrib'dsubscribed
[& | and]&and Collected Three Thousand Pounds Sterling— There is no doubt but
the Lord put it into your Heart at first, [& | and]&and has wonderfully Sup‐ -ported you [& | and]&and those Disinterested Creatures, such as [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Kirtland[pers0315.ocp],
Fowler[pers0155.ocp], Occom[pers0030.ocp]
[&c | etc.]&cetc.
[&c | etc.]&c etc. who have truly gone with their Lives in their hands [& | and]&and have as miraculously been [preserv'd | preserved]preserv'dpreserved. as your Letters now before me of April [5th | 5th]5th5th[1766-04-15]-[29th | 29th]29th29th[1766-04-29]
[& | and]&and
June [24th | 24th]24th24th[1766-06-24]
[& | and]&and Sundry former Ones and many others dear [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Whitefield[pers0038.ocp] when in America[place0003.ocp] transmitted to me abundantly [Shew | show]Shewshow — from all which, together with the Lords Opening the Hearts of his
people to Subscribe so liberally; looks as if the time was come, when the Lord will
work a great Work on the Earth; [& | and]&and
[Litterally | literally]Litterallyliterally
[fulfil | fulfill]fulfilfulfill his promises, [& | and]&and give his Son the Heathen for his Inheritance [& | and]&and the uttermost parts of the Earth for his [poseſsion | possession]poseſsionpossession — I hope your Life will be [preserv'd | preserved]preserv'dpreserved to see much of this [accomplish'd | accomplished]accomplish'daccomplished; and have the pleasing Hopes of a Foundation being laid, for its entire
Accomplishment, when you are dead [& | and]&and Gone. — — As [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Whitaker[pers0037.ocp] needed
[Aſsistance | Assistance]AſsistanceAssistance, we [judg'd | judged]judg'djudged it best, to have a weekly meeting of such persons, who [seem'd | seemed]seem'dseemed quite hearty in the Cause. [& | and]&and Accordingly, The [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[Meſs:rs | Messrs.]Meſs:rsMessrs.
Whitefield[pers0038.ocp], Brewer[pers0094.ocp], Hitchins[pers0259.ocp], [D.r | Dr.]D.rDr. Gibbons[pers0219.ocp],
[D:r | Dr.]D:rDr.
[Gufford | Gifford]GuffordGifford[pers0221.ocp], [& | and]&and
[D.r | Dr.]D.rDr. Stennett[pers0518.ocp]; together with [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Smith[pers0497.ocp] of Boston[place0013.ocp],
Charles Hardy [Esqr | Esq.]EsqrEsq.[pers0246.ocp], [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
[Saml | Samuel]SamlSamuel Savage[pers0465.ocp]
[& | and]&and
[My self | myself]My selfmyself; have met some, or all of us, every [tuesday | Tuesday]tuesdayTuesday; and purpose so to do, when [Meſsrs | Messrs.]MeſsrsMessrs.
Whitaker[pers0037.ocp]
[& | and]&and
[Occum | Occom]OccumOccom[pers0030.ocp] are in the Countries round about, to send them any advice and
Letters of Recommendation to the leading men in the places they are next to go to;
and every other [needfull | needful]needfullneedful step proper to be taken — and we all do agree, that [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Whitaker[pers0037.ocp] acts quite to our satisfaction; listens to advice,
and takes it when given — is most Indefatigable in every instance [relateing | relating]relateingrelating to the affairs he is come about. is greatly [belov'd | beloved]belov'dbeloved, and no One could have done better, [unleſs | unless]unleſsunless dear
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] had come over himself — He is quite cut out for [ye | the]yethe work, and in our Opinion, has been neither too speedy nor too slow; but
has acted prudently and Wisely, and has succeeded Accordingly — and we
likewise think it would ^[above] be^be Marring the Work to [recal | recall]recalrecall him, or send any other in his Room, but let him go through with it, if
please God spare his Life, nor would we advise the least hint to be [dropt | dropped]droptdropped to him of that nature to discourage him, but on the contrary [every thing | everything]every thingeverything that is [encourageing | encouraging]encourageingencouraging; as we really think he ought to have the Approbation of all —
I've [aſsisted | assisted]aſsistedassisted him in his accounts from the beginning, as well for Your sake, his sake,
and the [publicks | public's]publickspublic's — I was thinking in this letter to have sent you a list of those that
have [Subscrib'd | subscribed]Subscrib'dsubscribed largely, but that I may do in a Future one if requested — the Money
Collected is Chiefly [lodg'd | lodged]lodg'dlodged in Bankers hands; except the running Cash, which is chiefly in [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Savage[pers0465.ocp]^[above] s^s
[& | and]&and mine; with which I pay all the Bills drawn by You, and Accordingly I've
paid a Bill of Exchange of £100 Sterling dated [Nov.r | November]Nov.rNovember
[28.th | 28th]28.th28th 1765[1765-11-28] drawn by [Nathl | Nathaniel]NathlNathaniel Eells[pers0178.ocp] of
Boston[place0013.ocp] to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. John Timmins[pers0544.ocp] or Order — — One of £52..13s..9p payable to
Moses Peck[pers0032.ocp] or [ordr | order]ordrorder dated at Boston[place0013.ocp]
May [28th | 28th]28th28th[1766-05-28] — — One of £50 Sterling payable to Asahel Clark [Junr | Jr.]JunrJr.[pers0128.ocp] or [Ord.r | order]Ord.rorder dated at Boston[place0013.ocp]
May [29th | 29th]29th29th[1766-05-29] — One of £120 sterling payable to [Gersham | Gershom]GershamGershom Breed[pers0005.ocp] or Order dated June — just paid — the Three last
is drawn by [your self | yourself]your selfyourself which is the most satisfactory of all — likewise let
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Smith[pers0497.ocp] of Boston[place0013.ocp] (who I
believe is one of the worthiest men in [ye | the]yethe world [& | and]&and his being here a most Singular [bleſing | blessing]bleſingblessing to this affair) have £30 [& | and]&and £25 to be by him in Bills [& | and]&and
illegibleremitted to [& | and]&and for the use of [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
[Occum | Occom]OccumOccom[pers0030.ocp]
[& | and]&and
Whitaker[pers0037.ocp] family [&c | etc.]&cetc.
If these are all right, and any more is drawn, or you can Communicate
in what Channel you would like to have the Money ^[above] [Subscrib'd | subscribed]Subscrib'dsubscribed^[Subscrib'd | subscribed]Subscrib'dsubscribed run in — [wether | whether]wetherwhether a Large Sum for Building a School at once or draw annually for certain
sums or Occasionally as you choose, or illegible[wether | whether]wetherwhether ever any Bills may be paid that is not of your drawing ([tho' | though]tho'though we like to see your name best) in Short, whatever you find Freedom to
write, we shall read in our weekly meeting, and endeavour to make the best use of it,
to promote the design, both among [our selves | ourselves]our selvesourselves and others, that seem able [& | and]&and willing so to do. — we do not attempt to prescribe to you, but would
contribute all we can to strengthen your hands and enlarge your design — and [beg | being]begbeing continually ^[above] [call'd | called]call'dcalled^[call'd | called]call'dcalled upon to give answers, some of One sort [& | and]&and some of another; [haveing | having]haveinghaving
[engag'd | engaged]engag'dengaged ourselves fully in it, should be glad to be [furnish'd | furnished]furnish'dfurnished with [every thing | everything]every thingeverything
[neceſsary | necessary]neceſsarynecessary to be known —
Dear [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Whitefield[pers0038.ocp] is as much [own'd | owned]own'downed
[& | and]&and
[bleſs'd | blessed]bleſs'dblessed here as ever, Large, Crowded
[& | and]&and Serious Congregations every time he preaches. and though he has been
frequently Brought low as to his Bodily strength, yet he has always been enabled to preach
at least twice in a week; [Vizt | Visit]ViztVisit at Tottenham Court Chapel[place0234.ocp] on a Lords
day Morning at 10 o'Clock and at [ye | the]yethe
Tabernacle near [Moorefields | Moorfields]MoorefieldsMoorfields[place0230.ocp] on a Wednesday Evening;
Thousands will [bleſs | bless]bleſsbless God to Eternity they ever heard him — I [swel'd | swelled]swel'dswelled this letter grea[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): tly
bey]tly
beyond my Intention — especially as I'm a stranger to You— but
b[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): elieve you']elieve you'll excuse [& | and]&and believe it to proceed from a Real desire to promote [gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): the]the Redeemers Kingdom, and to Cultivate
a lasting Friendship [& | and]&and Correspondence with dear [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp].
[Closer]
I am [Dr | dear]Drdear
[ S:r | sir] S:rsir Sincerely yours in the Best of Bonds
[Robt | Robert]RobtRobert Keen[pers0301.ocp]
[Postscript]
P. S. all the [above-mentiond | above-mentioned]above-mentiondabove-mentioned Friends
[joyn | join]joynjoin in hearty Love — — please to direct for me. Woollen draper in
the Minories[place0140.ocp] — London[place0128.ocp]
[Meſs.rs | Messrs.]Meſs.rsMessrs.
Whitaker[pers0037.ocp]
[& | and]&and
[Occum | Occom]OccumOccom
[pers0030.ocp] are at Bristol[place0020.ocp] — I
heard from them yesterday are both well [& | and]&and well [Employ'd | employed]Employ'demployed — I believe they will go from thence to Bath[place0006.ocp], Exeter[place0071.ocp], Plymouth[place0189.ocp]
[&c | etc.]&cetc.
[& | and]&and so finish their tour in [ye | the]yethe west
P. S. There was a Bond on [Edwd | Edward]EdwdEdward Lollard[pers0336.ocp] for £100 [& | and]&and upwards sent [wth | with]wthwith a power of [Attourney | attorney]Attourneyattorney to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
[Saml | Samuel]SamlSamuel Broome[pers0098.ocp] to [recieve | receive]recievereceive the Money [& | and]&and pay it into your hands — the person hopes
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Broome[pers0098.ocp] will not let him shuffle but makOblige him to
pay it—
[Trailer]
From [ M.r | Mr.] M.rMr.
[Rob.t | Robert]Rob.tRobert Keen[pers0301.ocp]
[Augs.t | August]Augs.tAugust 20. 1766.[1766-08-20]
To The [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[M:r | Mr.]M:rMr.
[Eleazr | Eleazar]EleazrEleazar
[Whelock | Wheelock]WhelockWheelock
[pers0036.ocp] at Lebanon[place0122.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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pers0315.ocp | M r Mr. Kirtland | mentioned | Kirkland, Samuel |
pers0155.ocp | Fowler | mentioned | Fowler, David |
pers0030.ocp | Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0038.ocp | M r Mr. Whitefield | mentioned | Whitefield, George |
pers0037.ocp | M r Mr. Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Nathaniel |
pers0038.ocp | Whitefield | mentioned | Whitefield, George |
pers0094.ocp | Brewer | mentioned | Brewer, Samuel |
pers0259.ocp | Hitchins | mentioned | Hitchens |
pers0219.ocp | D. r Dr. Gibbons | mentioned | Gibbons |
pers0221.ocp | D: r Dr. Gufford Gifford | mentioned | Gifford, Andrew |
pers0518.ocp | D. r Dr. Stennett | mentioned | Stennett, Samuel |
pers0497.ocp | M r Mr. Smith | mentioned | Smith, John |
pers0246.ocp | Charles Hardy Esq r Esq. | mentioned | Hardy, Charles |
pers0465.ocp | M r Mr. Sam l Samuel Savage | mentioned | Savage, Samuel |
pers0037.ocp | Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Nathaniel |
pers0030.ocp | Occum Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0037.ocp | M. r Mr. Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Nathaniel |
pers0036.ocp | M. r Mr. Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0465.ocp | M r Mr. Savage | mentioned | Savage, Samuel |
pers0178.ocp | Nath l Nathaniel Eells | mentioned | Eells, Nathaniel |
pers0544.ocp | M r Mr. John Timmins | mentioned | Timmins, John |
pers0032.ocp | Moses Peck | mentioned | Peck, Moses |
pers0128.ocp | Asahel Clark Jun r Jr. | mentioned | Clark, Asahel |
pers0005.ocp | Gersham Gershom Breed | mentioned | Breed, Gershom |
pers0030.ocp | M r Mr. Occum Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0036.ocp | M r Mr. Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0301.ocp | Rob t Robert Keen | writer | Keen, Robert |
pers0030.ocp | Occum Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0336.ocp | Edw d Edward Lollard | mentioned | Lollard, Edward |
pers0098.ocp | M r Mr. Sam l Samuel Broome | mentioned | Broome, Samuel |
pers0098.ocp | M r Mr. Broome | mentioned | Broome, Samuel |
pers0301.ocp | M. r Mr. Rob. t Robert Keen | writer | Keen, Robert |
pers0036.ocp | M: r Mr. Eleaz r Eleazar Whelock Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
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place0128.ocp | London | London |
place0003.ocp | America | America |
place0013.ocp | Boston | Boston |
place0234.ocp | Tottenham Court Chapel | Tottenham Court Chapel |
place0230.ocp | Tabernacle near Moorefields Moorfields | Tabernacle at Moorfields |
place0140.ocp | the Minories | Minories, the |
place0020.ocp | Bristol | Bristol |
place0006.ocp | Bath | Bath |
place0071.ocp | Exeter | Exeter |
place0189.ocp | Plymouth | Plymouth |
place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0048.ocp | Connecticut | Connecticut |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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org0098.ocp | Indian School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
Dates identified in this document:
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1766-08-20 | 20th20th. Aug.stAugust 1766 |
1766-04-15 | April 5th5th |
1766-04-29 | 29th29th |
1766-06-24 | June 24th24th |
1765-11-28 | Nov.rNovember 28.th28th 1765 |
1766-05-28 | May 28th28th |
1766-05-29 | May 29th29th |
1766-08-20 | Augs.tAugust 20. 1766. |
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modernization | Happineſs | Happiness |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
modernization | &c | etc. |
modernization | &c | etc. |
modernization | 5th | 5th |
modernization | 29th | 29th |
modernization | 24th | 24th |
variation | Shew | show |
variation | Litterally | literally |
variation | fulfil | fulfill |
variation | poseſsion | possession |
modernization | Aſsistance | Assistance |
modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
modernization | Meſs:rs | Messrs. |
modernization | D.r | Dr. |
modernization | D:r | Dr. |
variation | Gufford | Gifford |
modernization | Esqr | Esq. |
variation | My self | myself |
modernization | tuesday | Tuesday |
modernization | Meſsrs | Messrs. |
variation | Occum | Occom |
variation | needfull | needful |
modernization | M.r | Mr. |
variation | relateing | relating |
modernization | unleſs | unless |
modernization | ye | the |
variation | recal | recall |
variation | dropt | dropped |
variation | every thing | everything |
variation | encourageing | encouraging |
modernization | aſsisted | assisted |
variation | publicks | public's |
modernization | 28.th | 28th |
modernization | 28th | 28th |
modernization | Junr | Jr. |
variation | Gersham | Gershom |
variation | your self | yourself |
variation | bleſing | blessing |
variation | wether | whether |
variation | tho' | though |
variation | our selves | ourselves |
variation | haveing | having |
modernization | neceſsary | necessary |
modernization | bleſs'd | blessed |
variation | Moorefields | Moorfields |
modernization | bleſs | bless |
variation | joyn | join |
modernization | Meſs.rs | Messrs. |
modernization | & | and |
variation | Attourney | attorney |
variation | recieve | receive |
modernization | M.r | Mr. |
modernization | M:r | Mr. |
variation | Whelock | Wheelock |
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Aug.st | August |
& | and |
Sr | sir |
Subscrib'd | subscribed |
preserv'd | preserved |
accomplish'd | accomplished |
judg'd | judged |
seem'd | seemed |
Saml | Samuel |
belov'd | beloved |
lodg'd | lodged |
Nov.r | November |
Nathl | Nathaniel |
ordr | order |
Ord.r | order |
beg | being |
call'd | called |
engag'd | engaged |
furnish'd | furnished |
own'd | owned |
Vizt | Visit |
swel'd | swelled |
Dr | dear |
S:r | sir |
Robt | Robert |
above-mentiond | above-mentioned |
Employ'd | employed |
Edwd | Edward |
wth | with |
Rob.t | Robert |
Augs.t | August |
Eleazr | Eleazar |
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