Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to David Fowler, 1766 August 26
26 August 1766[1766-08-26]
ms number766476.1
[note (type: abstract): Wheelock replies to Fowler’s complaints of mistreatment in Fowler’s letter of the same day.][note (type: handwriting): Hand is small and loose, with many abbreviations and superscripts.][note (type: paper): Large sheet is in good condition, with light yellowing and wear.][note (type: ink): Dark brown.][note (type: noteworthy): This letter is written in response to a letter from David Fowler (document 766476.2).]
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[Opener]
I this minute received yours and am Sorry to find that you are not
yet come to your right Temper of mind, — Who has [calld | called]calldcalled you a Devil, or Said you are as proud as the Devil Since you came here? Who
has ever Said that you have not behaved well in the main [ſince | since]ſincesince you illegiblelived with me, or that I have not [ſat | sat]ſatsat as much by you and expected as much benefit to [ye | the]yethe Grand [Deſign | design]Deſigndesign as by any Indian I ever Educated or there has there been any Indian [y.t | that]y.tthat I [ha'n | haven't]ha'nhaven't been [mo. | more]mo.more friendly to [yn | than]ynthan to [y.o | you]y.oyou
[& | and]&and
[y.r | your]y.ryour
[Charact.r | character]Charact.rcharacter — [ha' | Have]ha'Have I [ev.r | ever]ev.rever
[Sd | said]Sdsaid
[y.t | that]y.tthat
[y.o | you]y.oyou
[ha' | have]ha'have not done
[mo. | more]mo.more for my Benefit [yn | than]ynthan all [ye | the]yethe Indians I ever had [&c. | etc.]&c.etc.
and now [yo | you]yoyou
[ſay | say]ſaysay I am too bad to live in [y.e | the]y.ethe House for one of my [miſSteps | missteps]miſStepsmissteps
[yrefore | therefore]yreforetherefore I [muſt | must]muſtmust leave [yo | you]yoyou
[& | and]&and
[y.r | your]y.ryour School [y.t | that]y.tthat very Day [& | and]&and go [weepg | weeping]weepgweeping in [ye | the]yethe Road [Homward | homeward]Homwardhomeward — Now David[pers0155.ocp]
[conſ.r | consider]conſ.rconsider a Little. is this Just comely and [reaſonable | reasonable]reaſonablereasonable Treatment of me. [ha' | Have]ha'Have I [ſd | said]ſdsaid
[worſe | worse]worſeworse of [y.o | you]y.oyou or to [y.o | you]y.oyou
[y.n | than]y.nthan
[y.t | that]y.tthat I was afraid [y.t | that]y.tthat
[y.e | the]y.ethe
[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): Bid]Bid of [y[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): r]r | [guess (h-dawnd): your]your]y[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): r]r[guess (h-dawnd): your]your
[illegible]
[Aſpird | aspired]Aſpirdaspired
[aft.r | after]aft.rafter
[ſuch | such]ſuchsuch
[Grand.r | grandeur]Grand.rgrandeur as was not for [ye | the]yethe
[Gly | glory]Glyglory of [G. | God]G.God
[& | and]&and
[co.d | could]co.dcould not [conſiſt | consist]conſiſtconsist with [ye | the]yethe good of [y.e | the]y.ethe
[gen.l | general]gen.lgeneral
[Deſign | design]Deſigndesign in View — [y.t | that]y.tthat
[Wn | when]Wnwhen I had given [y.o | you]y.oyou leave to get everything [y.t | that]y.tthat
[y.o | you]y.oyou Wanted for [y.e | the]y.ethe
[Deſign | design]Deſigndesign
[& | and]&and told [y.o | you]y.oyou I [begrutchd | begrudged]begrutchdbegrudged
[y.o | you]y.oyou
[nothg | nothing]nothgnothing
[y.t | that]y.tthat was [neceſsy | necessary]neceſsynecessary for [y.o | you]y.oyou — [y.t | that]y.tthat
[y.o | you]y.oyou
[ſho.d | should]ſho.dshould affect to [cloath | clothe]cloathclothe
[yrſlf | yourself]yrſlfyourself
[& | and]&and
Hannah[pers0742.ocp] like Courtiers [& | and]&and
[W.n | when]W.nwhen
[y.o | you]y.oyou knew [y.t | that]y.tthat I had been already
[reporachd | reproached]reporachdreproached
[thro' | through]thro'through
[ye | the]yethe Country, as I [ha' | have]ha'have been only for [lettg | letting]lettgletting
[y.o | you]y.oyou wear an old Velvet Coat [y.t | that]y.tthat was given to [y.o | you]y.oyou — I told [y.o | you]y.oyou
[y.t | that]y.tthat
[y.e | the]y.ethe Eyes of All Europe[place0070.ocp]
[& | and]&and
America[place0003.ocp]
[wre | were]wrewere upon [y.o | you]y.oyou
[& | and]&and me too. [& | and]&and
[y.e | the]y.ethe Eyes of
[Thouſands | thousands]Thouſandsthousands
[w.o | who]w.owho are unfriendly [& | and]&and will not fail to Catch at any
[occaſion | occasion]occaſionoccasion to reproach me [& | and]&and
[ye | the]yethe
[Deſign | design]Deſigndesign —I told [y.o | you]y.oyou it was no
[Intereſt | interest]Intereſtinterest of mine but only [ye | the]yethe
[Hon.r | honour]Hon.rhonour
[& | and]&and
[Intereſt | interest]Intereſtinterest of [X | Christ]XChrist
[y.t | that]y.tthat I was
[pleadg | pleading]pleadgpleading for, [& | and]&and
[y.e | the]y.ethe
[Succeſs | success]Succeſssuccess of [y.t | that]y.tthat
[Cauſe | cause]Cauſecause
[w.c | which]w.cwhich has been [ſo | so]ſoso long on my [illegible]
[& | and]&and in [w.c | which]w.cwhich I [ha' | have]ha'have so much [labourd | laboured]labourdlaboured
[& | and]&and worn out [myſelf | myself]myſelfmyself — [& | and]&and
[w.c | which]w.cwhich certainly as nearly concerns [y.o | you]y.oyou as me to [Lab.r | labour]Lab.rlabour to promote — did [y.o | you]y.oyou not [wn | when]wnwhen I was only [Enquirg | inquiring]Enquirginquiring
[w.r | whether]w.rwhether it was [Prud.t | prudent]Prud.tprudent
[& | and]&and
[beſt | best]beſtbest for [y.o | you]y.oyou to
[ha' | have]ha'have
[ſo | so]ſoso many as 4 [p.r | pair]p.rpair of [ſhoes | shoes]ſhoesshoes at once [riſe | rise]riſerise up [& | and]&and
[wth | with]wthwith a very [unbecomg | unbecoming]unbecomgunbecoming Air go out [y.e | the]y.ethe Room [& | and]&and Say I will [ha' | have]ha'have no [ſhoes | shoes]ſhoesshoes I'll wear Indian [ſhoes | shoes]ſhoesshoes — [& | and]&and how [y.o | you]y.oyou
[& | and]&and
Hannah[pers0742.ocp]
[ha' | have]ha'have Spent [y.r | your]y.ryour free Hours yesterday [& | and]&and
[t'day | today]t'daytoday I know not — Or how [yo | you]yoyou will live or
[wn | when]wnwhen
[yo | you]yoyou will [ſerve | serve]ſerveserve
[tog.r | together]tog.rtogether I know not I [wiſh | wish]wiſhwish
[y.r | your]y.ryour
[Settg | setting]Settgsetting out [Wre | were]Wrewere
[mo. | more]mo.more in [ye | the]yethe
[meekneſs | meekness]meekneſsmeekness
[& | and]&and Humility of [X | Christ]XChrist — as for my own [p.t | part]p.tpart great as [ye | the]yethe
[proſpects | prospects]proſpectsprospects of [y.r | your]y.ryour
[Usefulneſs | usefulness]Usefulneſsusefulness are, (and [y.a | they]y.athey are very great if [y.o | you]y.oyou will take [G. | God]G.God with you.) I dont at all [deſ.r | desire]deſ.rdesire you [shod | should]shodshould return to [Onoida | Oneida]OnoidaOneida[place0179.ocp]
[wth | with]wthwith
[y.r | your]y.ryour
[preſent | present]preſentpresent Tempers — nor am I at all afraid but I can fully Vindicate my own
Reputation, take [w.t | what]w.twhat
[Courſe | course]Courſecourse
[y.o | you]y.oyou will —
I [ſuppose | suppose]ſupposesuppose
[y.o | you]y.oyou cant [reaſonably | reasonably]reaſonablyreasonably think it [unjuſt | unjust]unjuſtunjust if [ye | the]yethe Whole [& | and]&and plain Truth comes to [y.e | the]y.ethe Light of [ye | the]yethe world, if I am put upon my own Vindication — nor do I think [y.o | you]y.oyou can [feal | feel]fealfeel very [Eaſie | easy]Eaſieeasy if [yo | you]yoyou
[ſho.d | should]ſho.dshould go ['till | 'til]'till'til
[y.o | you]y.oyou return to me again [w.c | which]w.cwhich I [promiſe | promise]promiſepromise
[myſlf | myself]myſlfmyself
[yo | you]yoyou will do as Soon as [y.o | you]y.oyou return to God. My Heart is [y.e | the]y.ethe
[ſame | same]ſamesame and as full of [Kindneſs | kindness]Kindneſskindness
[& | and]&and Good will [towds | towards]towdstowards you as ever it has been. and I am as ready to do [any thing | anything]any thinganything
[yt | that]ytthat will [Hon.r | honour]Hon.rhonour
[Chriſt | Christ]ChriſtChrist
[& | and]&and
[& | and]&and promote [ye | the]yethe
[ſalvn | salvation]ſalvnsalvation of [ye | the]yethe Souls of [ye | the]yethe poor Indians as ever I was — but I [ha' | have]ha'have no notion of [Sendg | sending]Sendgsending any man [w.o | who]w.owho is aiming to [ſet | set]ſetset up [himſlf | himself]himſlfhimself
[inſtead | instead]inſteadinstead of [XJ. | Christ Jesus]XJ.Christ Jesus as [ye | the]yethe
[obj.t | object]obj.tobject of [y.r | their]y.rtheir
[Wſp | worship]Wſpworship
[& | and]&and
[Wn | when]Wnwhen
[y.o | you]y.oyou Will [app.r | appear]app.rappear
[ye | the]yethe Same as [y.o | you]y.oyou
[ha' | have]ha'have heretofore done
[yo | you]yoyou Will find me [ye | the]yethe
[ſame | same]ſamesame
[Closer]
I am
[y.r | your]y.ryour
[ſincere | sincere]ſinceresincere Well [wiſher | wisher]wiſherwisher
[Eleaz.r | Eleazar]Eleaz.rEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[Trailer]
[Lett.r | Letter]Lett.rLetter to [D. | David]D.David Fowler[pers0155.ocp]. at his Study. [Augt | August]AugtAugust 26. 1766[1766-08-26].
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pers0155.ocp | David Fowler | recipient | Fowler, David |
pers0155.ocp | David | recipient | Fowler, David |
pers0742.ocp | Hannah | mentioned | Fowler, Hannah (née Garrett) |
pers0036.ocp | Eleaz. r Eleazar Wheelock | writer | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0155.ocp | D. David Fowler | recipient | Fowler, David |
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& | and |
y.r | your |
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ha' | Have |
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ha' | have |
yo | you |
weepg | weeping |
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ſalvn | salvation |
Sendg | sending |
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