Levi Frisbie, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 May 3

Author Frisbie, Levi[pers0209.ocp]

3 May 1767[1767-05-03]

Call Number767303

[note (type: abstract): Frisbie writes to express gratitude for Wheelock's favors, his wish to do honor to the school, and his hopes to become useful as a missionary despite lacking "the grace of God" in his heart.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is largely clear and legible. The trailer is in an unknown hand.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light-to-moderate creasing and wear.][note (type: ink): Brown-black.]
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[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev. Sir
Agreeable to your Advice, and
Desire, I attempt to [addreſs | address]addreſsaddress you with a few broken Li­
=nes. I am [sensable | sensible]sensablesensible I am unable to render that Respect
(either with my Tongue or Pen) which is justly due to you;
but yet I look upon myself bound in point of Gratitude
as well as on other Accounts to testify my [Senſe | sense]Senſesense of your
[Kindneſs | kindness]Kindneſskindness to me by every token of Respect, and act of
Obedience that I am capable of. and as I trust you
will put me to nothing but what is just so I
[illegible]shall endeavour to perform your Will with the ut­
most Freedom and Dexterity. and since you have
been [pleas:d | pleased]pleas:dpleased to [illegible][guess (emmav): Re]Re receive me into the School[org0098.ocp],
notwithstanding I am utterly [underserving | undeserving]underservingundeserving of
such a Favour, I desire to return you the most
grateful Thanks, as all the [Acknoledgment | acknowledgement]Acknoledgmentacknowledgement I
am capable of making you at present for such a
[Kindneſs | kindness]Kindneſskindness. and God grant I may so conduct my­
self at all times and under all Circumstances
that I may be an Honour to the School[org0098.ocp], to Religion
and to you my e great Benefactor. [Concious | Conscious]Concious Conscious of my
own Impotency I desire you would be mindful
of me in your ardent Requests to Heaven, that
God would [Aboundantly | abundantly]Aboundantlyabundantly replenish me with his
grace, that I may be made the Instrument in his
Hand, of converting Multitudes of the Poor benighted
Savages to Himself; that I may be [endowd | endowed]endowdendowed with

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all that Courage, Fortitude, and Love, to God and the
Souls of the poor Savages as may be [neceſsary | necessary]neceſsarynecessary
in order to my being [Servisable | serviceable]Servisableserviceable in [carring | carrying]carringcarrying on
such and Important Work. One great [Barr | bar]Barrbar in the
way to my b[above] eecoming [Servisable | serviceable]Servisableserviceable in this Affair (and
perhaps this is enough without any other) is that
I have the greatest Reason to fear that I have not
the Grace of God in my Heart; without which I Shall
not only be miserable to all Eternity, but also be
unable to do any thing in this grand and interesting
Affair; but it appears to me if I can have the
[Aſsistance | assistance]Aſsistanceassistance of God if I may have his [Preſense | presence]Preſensepresence,
if I may be [enable.d | enabled]enable.d enabled to trust in him in every
[Streight | strait]Streightstrait and under every Difficulty, I can travel
from one End of the [Wilderneſs | wilderness]Wilderneſswilderness to the Other spend my
Life my Strength and my All in his Service, can
encounter the greatest Difficulties, and undergo the
greatest Hardships, that may attend me in
the Savage Land: but notwithstanding I am
in Some measure Sensible that without the
Assistance of God I Shall be wholly unequal
to the task; yet O! how [unconcernd | unconcerned]unconcerndunconcerned am I about
it, how hard is my Heart how Stubborn my
Will!— — but le[above] aast I be tedious [above] eveneven to a Crime
I [illegible] conclude with Subscribing myself Sir
[Honourd | Honoured]HonourdHonoured Sir

[Closer]
your most unworthy yet most
[oblig.d | obliged]oblig.dobliged [Serv.t | servant]Serv.tservant
Levi Frisbie[pers0209.ocp]
[Trailer]
[illegible][guess (emmav): I]I
[illegible][guess (emmav): I]I [Rev,d | Rev.]Rev,dRev. [M:r | Mr.]M:rMr. [Whelock | Wheelock]WhelockWheelock [pers0036.ocp]

From Levi Frisbie[pers0209.ocp]
May [3.d | 3rd.]3.d3rd. 1767[1767-05-03]

To the [Rev:d | Rev.]Rev:dRev.
[M:r | Mr.]M:rMr. Eleazer Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
at
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
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People identified in this document:

id Text in document Role in header Authorized Name
pers0209.ocp Levi Frisbie writer Frisbie, Levi
pers0036.ocp M: r Mr. Whelock Wheelock recipient Wheelock, Eleazar
pers0036.ocp Eleazer Wheelock recipient Wheelock, Eleazar

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place0122.ocp Lebanon Lebanon

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id Text in document Authorized Name
org0098.ocp the School Moor’s Indian Charity School
org0098.ocp the School Moor’s Indian Charity School

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1767-05-03 May 3d3d AD 1767
1767-05-03 May 3.d3rd. 1767

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modernization Rev.d Rev.
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variation sensable sensible
modernization Senſe sense
modernization Kindneſs kindness
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variation Acknoledgment acknowledgement
variation Concious Conscious
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variation carring carrying
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modernization Aſsistance assistance
modernization Preſense presence
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modernization Wilderneſs wilderness
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modernization Rev,d Rev.
modernization M:r Mr.
variation Whelock Wheelock
modernization 3.d 3rd.
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Honourd Honoured
oblig.d obliged
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