Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to John Thornton, 1768 August 25
25 August 1768[1768-08-25]
ms number768475
[note (type: abstract): Wheelock writes that Occom refuses to return money that was inadvertently advanced to him; he fears Occom has been given delusions of grandeur by his treatment in England.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is relatively neat and clear. Letter case is frequently difficult to decipher. 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 staining, creasing and wear.][note (type: ink): Black-brown.][note (type: noteworthy): It is uncertain to whom Wheelock refers when he mentions Occom's "Youngest Child," and so he or she has been left untagged. In the left margin of one recto, Wheelock notes that the letter was never sent. When Wheelock mentions the Messrs. Lathrop, he is referring to Daniel Lathrop[pers1476.ocp] and Joshua Lathrop[pers1477.ocp]. The contents of this letter are similar to those of manuscript 768673.1]EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
[Aug.t | August]Aug.tAugust 25. 1768.[1768-08-25]
My dear Sir.
On [ſight | sight]ſightsight of [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Keen[pers0301.ocp]'s order by, [& | and]&and
[inFav.r | in favour]inFav.rin favour of
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp], I drew on [Meſsrs | Messrs.]MeſsrsMessrs. Lathrops [illegible]in [illegible]
[Fav.r | favour]Fav.rfavour for the Money before I had been informed that he had received of the
[Truſt | Trust]TruſtTrust in England[org0103.ocp] an Allowance for the Support of his [Fami‐‐ly | fami‐ly]Fami‐‐lyfami‐ly in his [Abſence | absence]Abſenceabsence, the [greateſt | greatest]greateſtgreatest part of which had been at the
[Expence | expense]Expenceexpense of the School[org0098.ocp] — Soon after [D.r | Dr.]D.rDr. Whitaker[pers0037.ocp] arrived, [& | and]&and had [inform'd | informed]inform'dinformed me of the true State of the Affair I Sent [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Woodward[pers0610.ocp] my Bookkeeper to Settle the [Acco.t | account]Acco.taccount with him, and receive what was due to the
School[org0098.ocp]. But, [illegible][M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Woodward[pers0610.ocp]
[ſays | says]ſayssays he treated him with an air of Slight [& | and]&and Contempt, Said he would Settle [y.e | the]y.ethe
[acco.t | account]acco.taccount with none but with me — that he laid out all the money in England[place0068.ocp] which he received of the [Truſt | Trust]TruſtTrust[org0103.ocp] as an Allow‐ance for Support of his Family.
And that He had paid away the
[greateſt | greatest]greateſtgreatest part of what he had [rec.d | received]rec.dreceived of [Meſsrs | Messrs.]MeſsrsMessrs. Lathrops by virtue of my order; and had [occaſion | occasion]occaſionoccasion for the [reſt | rest]reſtrest to lay out in Labour upon his Farm [&c. | etc.]&c.etc. and that, though it was [reaſonable | reasonable]reaſonablereasonable the money Should be refunded to the
School[org0098.ocp], it [illegible][Muſt | must]Muſtmust wait [till | 'til]till'til he could get it Some Other way — On [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Woodward[pers0610.ocp]s [Enqui‐ry | inqui‐ry]Enqui‐ryinqui‐ry how it came to [paſs | pass]paſspass that the Allowance made him in
England[place0068.ocp] was so Soon Spent? he [aſsigned | assigned]aſsignedassigned this as one [Reaſon | reason]Reaſonreason that he bought a [conſiderable | considerable]conſiderableconsiderable Collection of Books for the School[org0098.ocp] but [after wards | afterwards]after wardsafterwards for fear of Blame he took them to [him‐ſelf | him‐self]him‐ſelfhim‐self and charged them to his own [Acco.t | account]Acco.taccount — upon which [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Woodward[pers0610.ocp] proposed taking those Books for the School[org0098.ocp], as he wanted to Sell them, but he would not [conſent | consent]conſentconsent to it without a [cuſtomary | customary]cuſtomarycustomary Advance. Neither (as [appeard | appeared]appeardappeared upon Trial) with Such Advance. but would have the Money in Hand or not part
with the Books. — [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Woodward[pers0610.ocp] finally [deſired | desired]deſireddesired him to [viſit | visit]viſitvisit me Soon and Settle the Affair [otherwiſe | otherwise]otherwiſeotherwise an [acco.t | account]acco.taccount of it [muſt | must]muſtmust be [tranſmitted | transmitted]tranſmittedtransmitted to England[place0068.ocp]. this he [promiſed | promised]promiſedpromised to do in a few Days, Since which Six Weeks have elapsed and I have
heard nothing from him — After [illegible]this I
was [informd | informed]informdinformed that half the Order he had on [Meſsrs | Messrs.]MeſsrsMessrs. Lathrops remained unpaid; on which
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Woodward[pers0610.ocp] wrote [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp] in my Name, informing him that I had heard of it. and
expected that he would order [Meſsrs | Messrs.]MeſsrsMessrs.
Lathrops to pay it to the School[org0098.ocp], upon the
Receipt of which Letter
^[left] This Letter was never Sent.^This Letter was never Sent.
Letter he immediately [Applyed | applied]Applyedapplied to them for the Money and could not by them be [prevaild | prevailed]prevaildprevailed upon to [conſent | consent]conſentconsent that the School[org0098.ocp] Should have it. —
I [adviſed | advised]adviſedadvised him [ſoon | soon]ſoonsoon after he came Home to dispose of his Family [& | and]&and Affairs [agreably | agreeably]agreablyagreeably to make [himſelf | himself]himſelfhimself a Settlement in the
[Wilderneſs | wilderness]Wilderneſswilderness, where he may have an Advantage which no [Engliſhman | Englishman]EngliſhmanEnglishman can have. viz. as much of the [beſt | best]beſtbest of their Lands as he could
[reaſonably | reasonably]reaſonablyreasonably
[deſire | desire]deſiredesire. I proposed that he Should take his Wife[pers0029.ocp]
and two of his Children with him. viz. his [Eldeſt | eldest]Eldeſteldest Son[pers0026.ocp] and fix him in a School under his Guidance and [Inſpection | inspection]Inſpectioninspection, and his [Youngeſt | youngest]Youngeſtyoungest Child to live with him, and I would take all the [reſt | rest]reſtrest of his Children into my School[org0098.ocp]
['till | 'til]'till'til his [Circumſtances | circumstances]Circumſtancescircumstances Should invite to take them with him, but he [Seemd | seemed]Seemdseemed
[diſinclind | disinclined]diſinclinddisinclined to it — and I hear is [imploying | employing]imployingemploying a Number of Labourers about his [Houſe | house]Houſehouse and Farm and I but little expect either to get the [Ballance | balance]Ballancebalance of the School[org0098.ocp]'s [acco.t | account]acco.taccount which is about ₤75. Sterling, or that he will ever Settle in Such a [Miſsion | mission]Miſsionmission — I fear his Tour to England[place0068.ocp], and the great [Reſpect | Respect]ReſpectRespect
[Shewn | shown]Shewnshown him there will have the Sad Effect to make him [aſpire | aspire]aſpireaspire after [Grandure | grandeur]Granduregrandeur
[& | and]&and
[Eaſe | ease]Eaſeease, and prevent his [illegible]future [usefulneſs | usefulness]usefulneſsusefulness, at [leaſt | least]leaſtleast in a great
[Meaſure | measure]Meaſuremeasure. I [hant | haven't]hanthaven't Yet Seen him to [diſcourſe | discourse]diſcourſediscourse the Affair with him. Nor can I flatter [my Self | myself]my Selfmyself with any great Benefit by it, if I Should, Since I can offer no more
forcible Arguments than
[M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Woodward[pers0610.ocp] urged without [Suceeſs | success]Suceeſssuccess.
I have Confidence in Your Prudence and have [Obſerved | observed]Obſervedobserved
[illegible]with
[Pleaſure | pleasure]Pleaſurepleasure, the [Expreſsions | expressions]Expreſsionsexpressions of Your [Eſteem | esteem]Eſteemesteem
[& | and]&and
[Friendſhip | friendship]Friendſhipfriendship towards him, or I Should not have [dar'd | dared]dar'ddared to [expreſs | express]expreſsexpress
[myſelf | myself]myſelfmyself with So much freedom as I have done upon this Head.
I have, Since I [tranſmitted | transmitted]tranſmittedtransmitted my [laſt | last]laſtlast
[accots | accounts]accotsaccounts, [beſides | besides]beſidesbesides the ₤100. to pay [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. Occom[pers0030.ocp], drawn on You for the following Sums viz. ₤100. [Sterl.g | sterling]Sterl.gsterling in [Fav.r | favour]Fav.rfavour of [Meſsrs | Messrs.]MeſsrsMessrs. Lathrops. June [20th | 20th]20th20th[1768-06-20] ₤100— in [Fav.r | favour]Fav.rfavour of [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. John Baker Brimmer[pers0096.ocp]
June 20[1768-06-20]. ₤39.5.— in [Fav.r | favour]Fav.rfavour of [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr. George Green[pers0233.ocp]
June 25[1768-06-25]. ₤100. — in [Favr | favour]Favrfavour of [Meſs rs | Messrs.]Meſs rsMessrs. Lathrops [Aug.t | August]Aug.tAugust 12[1768-08-12].
I have drawn for no more than has been [Neceſsary | necessary]Neceſsarynecessary; and have used the [greateſt | greatest]greateſtgreatest
[illegible]economy [& | and]&and Prudence I have been
[Maſter | master]Maſtermaster of in all my layings out.
I conclude You will See what I write my [Hon.d | Honoured]Hon.dHonoured Patrons[org0103.ocp] to which I [muſt | must]muſtmust refer you for Intelligence in the great Affair.
And [Subſcribe | subscribe]Subſcribesubscribe with much Affection [& | and]&and
[Eſteem | Esteem]EſteemEsteem.
[Closer]
Yours in the [deareſt | dearest]deareſtdearest Bonds
Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[Postscript]
John Thornton [Esq.r | Esq.]Esq.rEsq.[pers0541.ocp]
Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0301.ocp | M. r Mr. Keen | mentioned | Keen, Robert |
pers0030.ocp | M. r Mr. Occom | mentioned | Occom, Samson |
pers0037.ocp | D. r Dr. Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Nathaniel |
pers0610.ocp | M r Mr. Woodward | mentioned | Woodward, Bezaleel |
pers0610.ocp | M. r Mr. Woodward | mentioned | Woodward, Bezaleel |
pers0029.ocp | his Wife | mentioned | Occom, Mary (née Fowler) |
pers0026.ocp | Eldeſt eldest Son | mentioned | Occom, Aaron |
pers0096.ocp | M. r Mr. John Baker Brimmer | mentioned | Brimmer, John Baker |
pers0233.ocp | M. r Mr. George Green | mentioned | Green, George |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | writer | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0541.ocp | John Thornton Esq. r Esq. | recipient | Thornton, John |
pers0541.ocp | Esq. r Esq. Thornton | recipient | Thornton, John |
Places identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0068.ocp | England | England |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
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org0103.ocp | TruſtTrust in England | Trust in England |
org0098.ocp | the School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
org0098.ocp | the School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
org0103.ocp | the TruſtTrust | Trust in England |
org0098.ocp | my School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
org0103.ocp | Hon.dHonoured Patrons | Trust in England |
Dates identified in this document:
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1768-08-25 | Aug.tAugust 25. 1768. |
1768-06-20 | June 20th20th |
1768-06-20 | June 20 |
1768-06-25 | June 25 |
1768-08-12 | Aug.tAugust 12 |
1768-08-25 | Aug.tAugust 25. 1768 |
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Aug.t | August |
& | and |
Fav.r | favour |
inform'd | informed |
Acco.t | account |
acco.t | account |
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dar'd | dared |
accots | accounts |
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