Samuel Johnson, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 November 12
12 November 1767[1767-11-12]
ms number767612.3
[note (type: abstract): Johnson writes from Yale of his progress, and that of other Wheelock students.][note (type: handwriting): Somewhat scrawling hand is occasionally difficult to decipher, yet is nontheless formal and mostly legible.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear.][note (type: noteworthy): Although it is not wholly certain, it is likely that the Indians to whom Johnson refers are the Mohawks at Fort Hunter. The trailer is in an unknown hand; it appears that this same hand is the one that has overwritten the month in dateline. An unknown hand has made pencil marks at the third paragraph on one recto.]
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Yours of [20th | 20th]20th20th
[inſt | instant]inſtinstant[1767-10-20] came [ſafe | safe]ſafesafe for which I return [moſt | most]moſtmost gr[illegible]ateful thanks, and rejoice in God
for his [Goodneſs | goodness]Goodneſsgoodness thus [manifeſted | manifested]manifeſtedmanifested towards the Heathen. may [farther | further]fartherfurther
[Succeſes | successes]Succeſessuccesses exceed your [greateſt | greatest]greateſtgreatest Expectations. and that you may tlive long under the peculiar
Smiles of Heaven and ([ſeeing | seeing]ſeeingseeing
[thouſands | thousands]thouſandsthousands of poor Indians, flocking to the Redeemer) very late [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [aſſend | ascend]aſſendascend][aſſend | ascend]aſſendascend is the Prayer of Myriads
I have [recoverd | recovered]recoverdrecovered my [Helth | health]Helthhealth and able to [illegible]Study hard.
Affairs go on very [guess (h-dawnd): [ſtil | still]ſtilstill][ſtil | still]ſtilstill here I believe a Reverential Love [univerſally | universally]univerſallyuniversally
[riegns | reigns]riegnsreigns towards our worthy [Teacho^[above] u^urs | teachers]Teacho^[above] u^ursteachers
[Dr | Dr.]DrDr. Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]s Pupils are all well except
[Meather | Mather]MeatherMather[pers0361.ocp] who as he told me was [ſeck | sick]ſecksick of College not being
[uſd | used]uſdused to [ſo | so]ſoso wicked [aplace | a place]aplacea place and under [Sophemorical | sophomorical]Sophemoricalsophomorical Government; but I hope he will ere long recover for I am [ſure | sure]ſuresure he hath many Friends here. I can,t but admire at the [univerſal | universal]univerſaluniversal Love which Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[illegible]hath [acquird | acquired]acquirdacquired by that [modeſt | modest]modeſtmodest and very [agreable | agreeable]agreableagreeable
[Meene | [guess (h-dawnd): mien]mien]Meene[guess (h-dawnd): mien]mien which is [ſo | so]ſoso natural in all his Behaviour. I want to write the Indians and to hear
what become of [thoſe | those]thoſethose I wrote [laſt | last]laſtlast Spring. but at [preſent | present]preſentpresent know of no [Oppertunity | opportunity]Oppertunityopportunity — [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[& | and]&and
[Hond | Honoured]HondHonoured Sir by the [Stricteſt | strictest]Stricteſtstrictest Bonds of Gratitude I am
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Your very dutiful Humble Servant
Samuel Johnson[pers0879.ocp]
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P,S, Would the [Dr | Dr.]DrDr.
[pleas | please]pleasplease to let me know (when you have an [oppertunety | opportunity]oppertunetyopportunity) whether my
[Horſe | horse]Horſehorse is heard of or not
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From Samuel Johnson[pers0879.ocp]
[Nov.r | November]Nov.rNovember
[12..th | 12th]12..th12th 1767[1767-11-12]
To— The [Rev,d | Rev.]Rev,dRev. Doctor. [E. | Eleazar]E.Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp].
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
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pers0036.ocp | D r Dr. Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
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pers0036.ocp | Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0879.ocp | Samuel Johnson | writer | Johnson, Samuel |
pers0036.ocp | E. Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
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