Allyn Mather, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 July 4

Author Mather, Allyn[pers0361.ocp]

4 July 1767[1767-07-04]

Call Number767404

[note (type: abstract): Mather requests to leave school and stay with his parents while he recovers his health.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is small and wanders somewhat, but it is largely clear and legible.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light staining, creasing and wear.][note (type: ink): Brown-black.]
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[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev. [& | and]&and [Hono.ur | Honour]Hono.urHonour Sir/
The Paternal care [& | and]&and love you have
[exerciſed | exercised]exerciſedexercised [to wards | towards]to wardstowards me, incite me to [aſk | ask]aſkask your
advice in this affair (viz) whether or [no | not]nonot it
would not conduce much to my health, [& | and]&and the
advantage of [above] [ye | the]yethe [ye | the]yethe School[org0098.ocp], to go Home [& | and]&and live with
my Parents, [whil | while]whilwhile I have got a better state of health.
The advantages I give of my going home
are [theſe | these]theſethese. — If I tarry here, [& | and]&and continue to be—
weakly I [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall [above] notnot [anſwer | answer]anſweranswer [ye | the]yethe [deſign | design]deſigndesign I came upon,
[& | and]&and therefore you will be [diſappointed | disappointed]diſappointeddisappointed [& | and]&and the expence
you have been at [loſt | lost]loſtlost, but if I go Home, future ex‐
pence will be pr[above] eevented, [& | and]&and [Chriſt | Christ]ChriſtChrist money saved.—
if I tarry I can not [ſtudy | study]ſtudystudy for advantage, while
this [weakneſs | weakness]weakneſsweakness remains, for I find by applying [heard | hard]heardhard
it [increaſes | increases]increaſesincreases, — so upon that account it will be as
well for me to be at home a here.— Another
thing is, if I continue to be weakly, [& | and]&and tarry here
I [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall be a [diſturbance | disturbance]diſturbancedisturbance to [som | some]somsome of [above] thethe Scholars of
the School[org0098.ocp].— As often as they go out to work
if I am not with them, they are very snuffy
[& | and]&and speak out in [som | some]somsome such words as [theſe | these]theſethese

Mather[pers0361.ocp] is a good for nothing [above] lazylazy Fellow, [& | and]&and his
[sickneſs | sickness]sickneſssickness is sent upon him for a Judgment
[becaus | because]becausbecause he would not work, an Indian
makes no allowance for a sick man, if [above] hehe can't
do the work of a [ſtrong | strong]ſtrongstrong [illegible][harty | hearty]hartyhearty Man, he is [eſteemed | esteemed]eſteemedesteemed
good for nothing in [there | their]theretheir opinion — [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [ſir | sir]ſirsir
would it not be better then [above] for mefor me to go Home, [& | and]&and
live with my Parents [till | 'til]till'til I have got better
in health — with [submition | submission]submitionsubmission I [live | leave]liveleave it with[illegible]
you to do that which you think is [beſt | best]beſtbest
[ading | adding]adingadding no more then this, I am with dutiful
[reſpect | respect]reſpectrespect

[Closer]
Your Dutiful Pupil
[& | and]&and [Moſt | most]Moſtmost obedient [& | and]&and humble [Ser.v | servant]Ser.vservant

Allyn Mather[pers0361.ocp]
[note (type: editorial): Blank page.]
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From Allyn [Marther | Mather]MartherMather[pers0361.ocp]
July [4.th | 4th]4.th4th 1767[1767-07-04]
To
The [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev. [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
in
[N. | New]N.New England[place0158.ocp]
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pers0361.ocp Mather writer Mather, Allyn
pers0361.ocp Allyn Mather writer Mather, Allyn
pers0361.ocp Allyn Marther Mather writer Mather, Allyn
pers0036.ocp Wheelock recipient Wheelock, Eleazar

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place0158.ocp N. New England New England

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org0098.ocp yethe School Moor’s Indian Charity School
org0098.ocp the School Moor’s Indian Charity School

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1767-07-04 July 4.th4th 1767

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