Joseph Johnson, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 November 10
10 November 1767[1767-11-10]
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[note (type: abstract): Johnson writes to Wheelock about his safe arrival in Oneida, the state of his life and school there, and about two young boys who could, in time, be likely pupils for the charity school.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is small and tightly spaced, but formal and legible.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded vertically to form four pages is in good condition, with light-to-moderate creasing, yellowing and wear. Significant portions of the seal remain, and tearing around the seal results in no loss of text.][note (type: ink): Brown ink has sustained some fading.]
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Suffer me as an Indian and a good for nothing one, to Subscribe
myself your [dutifull | dutiful]dutifulldutiful Pupil, or one that will Endeavour ^[above] to be [dutifull | dutiful]dutifulldutiful,^to be [dutifull | dutiful]dutifulldutiful, for time to come;
[Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. Sir, by the mere [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness of God we arrived Safe up here the Eleventh day from your house; [& | and]&and Experienced much of the [good==neſs | goodness]good==neſsgoodness of God, in many [Inſtances | instances]Inſtancesinstances; Praised be his ^[above] Name^Name that he has all things at his
Command, [& | and]&and distempers at his beck, they go and come at his pleasure. [Blesſsed | Blessed]BlesſsedBlessed be the Lord God that has carried us [ſafe | safe]ſafesafe when the Arrows of Death were flying thick about us, he worked a [wounderfull | wonderful]wounderfullwonderful
[deliverence | deliverance]deliverencedeliverance for our Bodies, and may it please him in Infinite Mercy and [condeſention | condescension]condeſentioncondescension to work much more [wounderfull | wonderful]wounderfullwonderful
[deliverence | deliverance]deliverencedeliverance to my precious Soul. and may the Lord Enable me to give due thanks for his
kind [preſervation | preservation]preſervationpreservation, and may his [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness lead me to a hearty Repentance. [& | and]&and may he please to fill my heart [brimfull | brimful]brimfullbrimful of Gratitude to him and my kind Benefactors, I feel a [dispoſition | disposition]dispoſitiondisposition and a heart to Spend all for God and to Enlarge the dear Redeemers
Kingdom in the world, as far as lies in my power. I think I have no
[Reaſon | reason]Reaſonreason to take it hard to Endure [heardſhips | hardships]heardſhipshardships. Since our [Bleſsed | Blessed]BleſsedBlessed Lord
[Jeſus | Jesus]JeſusJesus has been before me he has led the way; He was acquainted with all these [heardſhips | hardships]heardſhipshardships before me; he was no Stranger to Hunger, Thirst, cold, nor yet Temptations,
as he was man. yea may I not think it hard if he call for my Life in his [cauſe | cause]cauſecause, to let it go freely; for it is no more than he did, and may I go through
all [theſe | these]theſethese Trials with [Eaſe | ease]Eaſeease for his Sake: Seeing he has led the way Set a [patorn | pattern]patornpattern for all [thoſe | those]thoſethose that will follow him, he has been [pleaſed | pleased]pleaſedpleased to tell us beforehand of [theſe | these]theſethese things he was reviled, here he Sought a glorious Example of humiliation
that when he was reviled he reviled not again, he was [perſicuted | persecuted]perſicutedpersecuted for my Sins thereby to learn me that I must in like manner go through [perſicu==tions | persecutions]perſicu==tionspersecutions, and that I must not think it hard to be [perſicuted | persecuted]perſicutedpersecuted called to [nought | naught]noughtnaught for his Names Sake, for he was [perſecuted | persecuted]perſecutedpersecuted for my Sins Sake. He Spilled his [Seacred | Sacred]SeacredSacred Blood for me he groaned out his Life for my [Wickedneſs | wickedness]Wickedneſswickedness, he had no Self-Glory in his Sufferings; all he had in view was the
Salvation of Man — that Guilty man [maight | might]maightmight be Reconciled to its maker: now through his death [& | and]&and Sufferings the [Aposſtate | apostate]Aposſtateapostate Man may [converſe | converse]converſeconverse with its Creator. through a — Mediator. He has dearly purchased a
Heaven of [happineſs | happiness]happineſshappiness for every one that will believe in him. only believing heaven is mine
Eternal [happineſs | happiness]happineſshappiness is mine, Christ is mine, nay all the [happineſs | happiness]happineſshappiness in in this Life [& | and]&and the Life to come is all mine only for [Recieving | receiving]Recievingreceiving.
[Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[Doct.r | Doctor]Doct.rDoctor I would [Enform | inform]Enforminform you that that by the [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness of God I Enjoy my health as [uſual | usual]uſualusual.
as Sir, I would [feign | fain]feignfain hope that by the Same [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness you Enjoy yours, I would [Enform | inform]Enforminform you likewise that I have entered the School which your Son[pers0578.ocp] Opened for me when he was up here. I Entered
on the [Seecond | second]Seecondsecond
[tuſeday | Tuesday]tuſedayTuesday of November. had only 5 Sc[illegible]holars
they are all [abſent | absent]abſentabsent yet and perhaps will not return long before New Year. But they [promiſe | promise]promiſepromise me three more this week, who are gone only to fetch Some flesh from the
Hunters. they behave very kind to me Since I came here, all that they have is free to
me as one Born and brought up in the [houſe | house]houſehouse. I have plenty of Victuals Such as they can afford, [& | and]&and they are good Enough, better [then | than]thenthan I [deſerve | deserve]deſervedeserve, Nothing wanting but a [thankfull | thankful]thankfullthankful heart, they have plenty of Corn, fish, [Squaſhes | squashes]Squaſhessquashes at [preſent | present]preſentpresent. I have nothing that is Strange to [Enform | inform]Enforminform you in this Letter, you Said Something to me about [chuſing | choosing]chuſingchoosing a Lad out of my School and Send him down to you, I think at [preſent | present]preſentpresent there is no choice I am not able to discern their [Genious | genius]Geniousgenius, here is two very likely boys look as if they would make men (in time) are
about 12 [o | or]oor 13 years of Age I cant tell which of them is best, (they are [booth | both]boothboth
^[above] branches^branches of the royal family In their Nation[org0075.ocp] and town) perhaps in the Sprindg I Shall be more
able to [distinguiſh | distinguish]distinguiſhdistinguish them, when I have Seen what Proficiency they make. no more at [preſent | present]preſentpresent only [hond | Honoured]hondHonoured Sir, I [deſire | desire]deſiredesire Still to be under thy Direction, [pleaſe | please]pleaſeplease Sir, to Remember me in thy prayers, Pray that God would fill my heart with
Gratitude [booth | both]boothboth to him and my Kind Bene[= | ]=factors. — that he would keep me from pride [& | and]&and Ingratitude; which has ruined many a youth. pray that he would grant me
Prudence; and that I may put my whole [Truſt | trust]Truſttrust in him [booth | both]boothboth Soul [& | and]&and body. for time [& | and]&and Eternity, that he may Enable me to live above the World, as, not having my [treaſure | treasure]treaſuretreasure on Earth, but in the heavens, where neither moth nor [ruſt | rust]ruſtrust corrupteth; nor [theives | thieves]theivesthieves
[brake | break]brakebreak
[though | through]thoughthrough and Steal. Pray that he would grant me wisdom from on high, Such as
none but a God can give; that he would grant me wisdom So to [be have | behave]be havebehave
[myſelf | myself]myſelfmyself as not to [diſhonour | dishonour]diſhonourdishonour or bring disgrace to Religion. that he would make one a [bleſsing | blessing]bleſsingblessing to the Children which he has [commited | committed]commitedcommitted to my charge.
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This is the true and Sincere, hearty [deſire | desire]deſiredesire, of me, thy [Dutifull | dutiful]Dutifulldutiful
[tho | though]thothough Unworthy Pupil.
[Joſeph | Joseph]JoſephJoseph
[Johnſon | Johnson]JohnſonJohnson[pers0288.ocp].
[Trailer]
From Joseph Johnson[pers0288.ocp]
[Onoida | Oneida]OnoidaOneida[place0179.ocp]
[Nov.r | November]Nov.rNovember
[10.th | 10th]10.th10th 1767[1767-11-10]
To — The [Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
[Eleazer | Eleazar]EleazerEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]. [Doct.r | Doctor]Doct.rDoctor Divinity Min^[above] i^ister of the [Goſpel | Gospel]GoſpelGospel of Christ at Lebanon[place0122.ocp].
[N. England | New England]N. EnglandNew England[place0158.ocp]. —
Connecticut[place0048.ocp]. —
[Pr | Per]PrPer favour of }
William[pers0763.ocp] }
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People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0578.ocp | your Son | mentioned | Wheelock, Rodulphus |
pers0288.ocp | Joſeph Joseph Johnſon Johnson | writer | Johnson, Joseph |
pers0288.ocp | Joseph Johnson | writer | Johnson, Joseph |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazer Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0763.ocp | William | mentioned | William |
Places identified in this document:
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place0179.ocp | Onoida Oneida | Oneida |
place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0158.ocp | N. England New England | New England |
place0048.ocp | Connecticut | Connecticut |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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org0075.ocp | their Nation | Oneida Nation |
Dates identified in this document:
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1767-11-10 | November. 10.th10th AD. 1767 |
1767-11-10 | Nov.rNovember 10.th10th 1767 |
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modernization | 10.th | 10th |
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modernization | Bleſsed | Blessed |
modernization | Jeſus | Jesus |
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modernization | theſe | these |
modernization | Eaſe | ease |
variation | patorn | pattern |
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modernization | perſecuted | persecuted |
variation | Seacred | Sacred |
modernization | Wickedneſs | wickedness |
variation | maight | might |
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variation | tuſeday | Tuesday |
modernization | abſent | absent |
modernization | promiſe | promise |
modernization | houſe | house |
variation | then | than |
modernization | deſerve | deserve |
variation | thankfull | thankful |
modernization | Squaſhes | squashes |
modernization | preſent | present |
variation | chuſing | choosing |
variation | Genious | genius |
variation | o | or |
variation | booth | both |
modernization | distinguiſh | distinguish |
modernization | deſire | desire |
modernization | pleaſe | please |
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variation | brake | break |
variation | be have | behave |
modernization | myſelf | myself |
modernization | diſhonour | dishonour |
modernization | bleſsing | blessing |
variation | commited | committed |
variation | Dutifull | dutiful |
variation | tho | though |
modernization | Joſeph | Joseph |
modernization | Johnſon | Johnson |
modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
modernization | Mr | Mr. |
variation | Eleazer | Eleazar |
modernization | Goſpel | Gospel |
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Hond Doct.r | Honoured Doctor |
& | and |
Doct.r | Doctor |
hond | Honoured |
Nov.r | November |
N. England | New England |
Pr | Per |
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