Samuel Johnson, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 December 1
1 December 1766[1766-12-01]
Call Number766651.1
[note (type: abstract): Johnson writes of his mission's progress and reports that the Mohawks at Fort Hunter don't want to have Moses for their teacher.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is somewhat scrawling and occasionally difficult to decipher.][note (type: paper): Large single sheet is in good condition, with light staining, creasing and wear.][note (type: ink): Black-brown.]
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I wrote with a trembling Hand when I gave
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Whelock | Wheelock]WhelockWheelock[pers0036.ocp] (or rather [endeverd | endeavoured]endeverdendeavoured to) [ſome | some]ſomesome Information of Affai[above] rsrs
here but was [ſurpriſd | surprised]ſurpriſdsurprised when I had acqu[above] aainted [myſelf | myself]myſelfmyself by what I hear
and [ſee | see]ſeesee of the Indians for I [conſeder[above] eed | considered]conſeder[above] eedconsidered that I wrote [wholy | wholly]wholywhollyy from Hezekiah[pers0008.ocp]
Information and knowing the Trouble of Mind it would be to
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] (and [unneeſſeſary | unnecessary]unneeſſeſaryunnecessary Trouble too) I [ſought | sought]ſoughtsought and as [above] II thought
found an [Oppertunety | opportunity]Oppertunetyopportunity to [ſend ſome | send some]ſend ſomesend some Letters that if [poſable | possible]poſablepossible
I might be able to [leviate | alleviate]leviatealleviate [thoſe | those]thoſethose Pains which the late Informa
tion [hath | has]hathhas been the [Occation | occasion]Occationoccasion of but alas I [miſt | missed]miſtmissed my [Oppertunety | opportunity]Oppertunetyopportunity
[Honour’d | Honoured]Honour’dHonoured Sir I [ſend | send]ſendsend the [ſd | said]ſdsaid Letters now
in which you will [ſee | see]ſeesee perhaps what [hath | has]hathhas been the [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [Diſeas | Diseas]DiſeasDiseas][Diſeas | Diseas]DiſeasDiseas [amongſt | amongst]amongſtamongst
[theſe | these]theſethese Indians their Narrations on Hezekiah[pers0008.ocp]s Conducts are too nume
rous to mention here and I [ſhould | should]ſhouldshould think it was not to be minded
did not I [receiv | receive]receivreceive the [ſame | same]ſamesame from every one who knew the Affairs
I have [livd | lived]livdlived one Week at a [Houſe | house]Houſehouse [untill | until]untilluntil I have gone round once
I live well and am treated [ſo | so]ſoso[illegible] my Number of [Schollers | scholars]Schollersscholars is
not [ſomany | so many]ſomanyso many [aſ | as]aſas before [becauſe | because]becauſebecause of late there is [a bout | about]a boutabout half [adozen | a dozen]adozena dozen
gone on the Hunt but I hope to have them [ſoon | soon]ſoonsoon.
After [illegible]ing my [renewd | renewed]renewdrenewed Obligations to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. W[pers0036.ocp]
for his favor by [Moſis | Moses]MoſisMoses[pers0677.ocp] I hope to be [excuſd | excused]excuſdexcused from delivering the [guess (h-dawnd): [Meſ | message]Meſmessage][Meſ | message]Meſmessage
to the Indians [be fore | before]be forebefore I know further what will be thought
of [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] [moſt | most]moſtmost proper for I think the Affairs here
never [ware | were]warewere better than at [preſent | present]preſentpresent, the Indians here would
not [receiv | receive]receivreceive [Moſes | Moses]MoſesMoses[pers0677.ocp] for they Said they wont acquainted with him
and they [ware | were]warewere [affeard | afraid]affeardafraid for one Namely Hezekiah[pers0008.ocp] had
[uſd | used]uſdused them badly andand if I would [l[above] [illegible][illegible]eve | leave]l[above] [illegible][illegible]eveleave them they would
not [venter | venture]venterventure to take [an other | another]an otheranother at [preſent | present]preſentpresent but they would keep
me [aſ | as]aſas long as I would [ſtay | stay]ſtaystay. I [aſked | asked]aſkedasked [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Chamberlin | Chamberlain]ChamberlinChamberlain[pers0009.ocp] (than whom
I think none more [zelous | zealous]zelouszealous in the [Cauſe | cause]Cauſecause and [deſſirous | desirous]deſſirousdesirous of [beind | being]beindbeing
if [poſable | possible]poſablepossible a Guide to the blind [Heathan | heathen]Heathanheathen and [weth out | without]weth outwithout [whos | whose]whoswhose Ad
vice I dont pretend to act) what [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall I do he [ſaid | said]ſaidsaid I will [ſtay | stay]ſtaystay
and run all [venters | ventures]ventersventures this Winter and [ſaid | said]ſaidsaid he if you wont this
School is [loſt | lost]loſtlost but act for [your ſelf | yourself]your ſelfyourself. [ſaid | said]ſaidsaid he [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. W[pers0036.ocp] dont know how
affairs are here [thare fore | therefore]thare foretherefore we [muſt | must]muſtmust act as well as we can [untill | until]untilluntil we
can [ſet | set]ſetset the [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [mater | matter]matermatter][mater | matter]matermatter in its true light with hoping to hear further
[aſ | as]aſas [ſoon | soon]ſoonsoon [aſ | as]aſas can be I beg [lieve | leave]lieveleave to [Subcribe | subscribe]Subcribesubscribe [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [& | and]&and [Honourd | Honoured]HonourdHonoured Patron
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Whelock | Wheelock]WhelockWheelock[pers0036.ocp] (or rather [endeverd | endeavoured]endeverdendeavoured to) [ſome | some]ſomesome Information of Affai[above] rsrs
here but was [ſurpriſd | surprised]ſurpriſdsurprised when I had acqu[above] aainted [myſelf | myself]myſelfmyself by what I hear
and [ſee | see]ſeesee of the Indians for I [conſeder[above] eed | considered]conſeder[above] eedconsidered that I wrote [wholy | wholly]wholywholly
Information and knowing the Trouble of Mind it would be to
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] (and [unneeſſeſary | unnecessary]unneeſſeſaryunnecessary Trouble too) I [ſought | sought]ſoughtsought and as [above] II thought
found an [Oppertunety | opportunity]Oppertunetyopportunity to [ſend ſome | send some]ſend ſomesend some Letters that if [poſable | possible]poſablepossible
I might be able to [leviate | alleviate]leviatealleviate [thoſe | those]thoſethose Pains which the late Informa
tion [hath | has]hathhas been the [Occation | occasion]Occationoccasion of but alas I [miſt | missed]miſtmissed my [Oppertunety | opportunity]Oppertunetyopportunity
[Honour’d | Honoured]Honour’dHonoured Sir I [ſend | send]ſendsend the [ſd | said]ſdsaid Letters now
in which you will [ſee | see]ſeesee perhaps what [hath | has]hathhas been the [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [Diſeas | Diseas]DiſeasDiseas][Diſeas | Diseas]DiſeasDiseas [amongſt | amongst]amongſtamongst
[theſe | these]theſethese Indians their Narrations on Hezekiah[pers0008.ocp]s Conducts are too nume
rous to mention here and I [ſhould | should]ſhouldshould think it was not to be minded
did not I [receiv | receive]receivreceive the [ſame | same]ſamesame from every one who knew the Affairs
I have [livd | lived]livdlived one Week at a [Houſe | house]Houſehouse [untill | until]untilluntil I have gone round once
I live well and am treated [ſo | so]ſoso
not [ſomany | so many]ſomanyso many [aſ | as]aſas before [becauſe | because]becauſebecause of late there is [a bout | about]a boutabout half [adozen | a dozen]adozena dozen
gone on the Hunt but I hope to have them [ſoon | soon]ſoonsoon.
After [illegible]ing my [renewd | renewed]renewdrenewed Obligations to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. W[pers0036.ocp]
for his favor by [Moſis | Moses]MoſisMoses[pers0677.ocp] I hope to be [excuſd | excused]excuſdexcused from delivering the [guess (h-dawnd): [Meſ | message]Meſmessage][Meſ | message]Meſmessage
to the Indians [be fore | before]be forebefore I know further what will be thought
of [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] [moſt | most]moſtmost proper for I think the Affairs here
never [ware | were]warewere better than at [preſent | present]preſentpresent, the Indians here would
not [receiv | receive]receivreceive [Moſes | Moses]MoſesMoses[pers0677.ocp] for they Said they wont acquainted with him
and they [ware | were]warewere [affeard | afraid]affeardafraid for one Namely Hezekiah[pers0008.ocp] had
[uſd | used]uſdused them badly and
not [venter | venture]venterventure to take [an other | another]an otheranother at [preſent | present]preſentpresent but they would keep
me [aſ | as]aſas long as I would [ſtay | stay]ſtaystay. I [aſked | asked]aſkedasked [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Chamberlin | Chamberlain]ChamberlinChamberlain[pers0009.ocp] (than whom
I think none more [zelous | zealous]zelouszealous in the [Cauſe | cause]Cauſecause and [deſſirous | desirous]deſſirousdesirous of [beind | being]beindbeing
if [poſable | possible]poſablepossible a Guide to the blind [Heathan | heathen]Heathanheathen and [weth out | without]weth outwithout [whos | whose]whoswhose Ad
vice I dont pretend to act) what [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall I do he [ſaid | said]ſaidsaid I will [ſtay | stay]ſtaystay
and run all [venters | ventures]ventersventures this Winter and [ſaid | said]ſaidsaid he if you wont this
School is [loſt | lost]loſtlost but act for [your ſelf | yourself]your ſelfyourself. [ſaid | said]ſaidsaid he [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. W[pers0036.ocp] dont know how
affairs are here [thare fore | therefore]thare foretherefore we [muſt | must]muſtmust act as well as we can [untill | until]untilluntil we
can [ſet | set]ſetset the [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [mater | matter]matermatter][mater | matter]matermatter in its true light with hoping to hear further
[aſ | as]aſas [ſoon | soon]ſoonsoon [aſ | as]aſas can be I beg [lieve | leave]lieveleave to [Subcribe | subscribe]Subcribesubscribe [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [& | and]&and [Honourd | Honoured]HonourdHonoured Patron
[Closer]
Your [deutiful | dutiful]deutifuldutiful
[Samll | Samuel]SamllSamuel Johnson[pers0879.ocp]
From [Saml | Samuel]SamlSamuel
[Johnſon | Johnson]JohnſonJohnson[pers0879.ocp]
[Dec..r | December]Dec..rDecember [1..st | 1st]1..st1st 1766[1766-12-01] –
[Dec..r | December]Dec..rDecember [1..st | 1st]1..st1st 1766[1766-12-01] –
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People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0036.ocp | M r Mr. Whelock Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0008.ocp | Hezekiah | mentioned | Calvin, Hezekiah |
pers0036.ocp | M r Mr. Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0036.ocp | M r Mr. W | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0677.ocp | Moſis Moses | mentioned | Moses |
pers0677.ocp | Moſes Moses | mentioned | Moses |
pers0009.ocp | M r Mr. Chamberlin Chamberlain | mentioned | Chamberlain, Theophilus |
pers0879.ocp | Sam ll Samuel Johnson | writer | Johnson, Samuel |
pers0144.ocp | John Crane | mentioned | Crane, John |
pers0009.ocp | m r Mr. C. Chamberlain | mentioned | Chamberlain, Theophilus |
pers0879.ocp | Sam l Samuel Johnſon Johnson | writer | Johnson, Samuel |
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place0078.ocp | Fourt Fort Hunter | Fort Hunter |
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1766-12-01 | decbDecember 1 AD 1766 |
1766-12-01 | Dec..rDecember 1..st1st 1766 |
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