Jacob Johnson, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 October 17
17 October 1768[1768-10-17]
Call Number768567
[note (type: abstract): Johnson writes with news about the Congress at Fort Stanwix.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is informal yet mostly legible. Johnson frequently neglects to pick up his pen between words. The trailer that is cut off by a tear in the paper is in Wheelock's hand; the other is in an unknown hand.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is in good-to-fair condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear. There is preservation work done on particularly worn areas.][note (type: ink): Brown ink is faded in spots.][note (type: noteworthy): Manuscript 768576.1 appears to be an addition to this document.]
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[Opener]
Fort Stanwix[place0081.ocp]
[Octobr | October]OctobrOctober
[17.th | 17th]17.th17th 1768[1768-10-17]
[Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [& | and]&and [Hond | Honoured]HondHonoured [ſir | Sir]ſirSir
[Revd | Rev.]RevdRev. [& | and]&and [Hond | Honoured]HondHonoured [ſir | Sir]ſirSir
I doubt not but you will be glad
to hear from the [Congreſs | Congress]CongreſsCongress — I have [ſir | sir]ſirsir Done every
thing I could both by Prayer [Conſultation | consultation]Conſultationconsultation [& | and]&and applica‐
tion — I have [conſulted | consulted]conſultedconsulted [Coll | Col.]CollCol. [Buttler | Butler]ButtlerButler[pers0277.ocp]. —[& | and]&and others — I have
laid the [Cauſe | cause]Cauſecause before [ſir | Sir]ſirSir [Wm | William]WmWilliam Johnson[pers0292.ocp] [perſonally | personally]perſonallypersonally and
by an [addreſs | address]addreſsaddress in [writeing | writing]writeingwriting [ſubſcribd | subscribed]ſubſcribdsubscribed by [Meſrs | Messrs.]MeſrsMessrs. David
Avery[pers0064.ocp] [& | and]&and [my ſelfe | myself]my ſelfemyself (For [Dn Tho.s | Deacon Thomas]Dn Tho.sDeacon Thomas[pers0643.ocp] went Home not well)
A copy of which I [encloſe | enclose]encloſeenclose which you will [pleaſe | please]pleaſeplease to
[preſerve | preserve]preſervepreserve (for I have no other copy, [& | and]&and the original
is in [ſir | Sir]ſirSir [W.ms | William's]W.msWilliam's[pers0292.ocp] [poſseſion | possession]poſseſionpossession) I have [oppertunity | opportunity]oppertunityopportunity to [con‐
verſe | con‐
verse]con‐
verſecon‐
verse with the chief [Gentn | gentlemen]Gentngentlemen here as [Governer | Governor]GovernerGovernor Frank‐
lin[pers0205.ocp] of the [Jerſie | Jersey]JerſieJersey[place0163.ocp] [Govenr | Governor]GovenrGovernor Penn[pers0416.ocp] [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Peters[pers0422.ocp] of [Philidelpa | Philadelphia]PhilidelpaPhiladelphia[place0186.ocp]
[& | and]&and others many others — I [coud | could]coudcould be heartily glad you [ſir | sir]ſirsir
was here you [woud | would]woudwould be [receivd | received]receivdreceived [moſt | most]moſtmost [Honbly | honourably]Honblyhonourably [& | and]&and affectionate
I can [aſſure | assure]aſſureassure you your name is often [mentiond | mentioned]mentiondmentioned with
a great deal of [Reſpect | respect]Reſpectrespect by [ſr | Sir]ſrSir [Wm | William]WmWilliam [Johnſon | Johnson]JohnſonJohnson[pers0292.ocp] [Gov.r | Governor]Gov.rGovernor [Frankd | Franklin]FrankdFranklin[pers0205.ocp]
[& | and]&and others — [Govenr | Governor]GovenrGovernor Penn[pers0416.ocp] is gone Home but before
He went I took an [oppertunity | opportunity]oppertunityopportunity to confer with Him
about [ſetting | setting]ſettingsetting up an [Indn | Indian]IndnIndian College on the [ſuſquahanna | Susquehanna]ſuſquahannaSusquehanna[place0206.ocp]
or [ſome where | somewhere]ſome wheresomewhere [there about | thereabout]there aboutthereabout He told me He had [ſeen | seen]ſeenseen
[Dr | Dr.]DrDr. [Whittaker | Whitaker]WhittakerWhitaker[pers0037.ocp] [& | and]&and his [Requeſt | request]Requeſtrequest of a [conſiderable | considerable]conſiderableconsiderable Tract of Land
[& | and]&and that the affair was [ſent | sent]ſentsent Home to the Proprietors I [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked
Him if he [tho't | thought]tho'tthought the [Propoſals | proposals]Propoſalsproposals [woud | would]woudwould be granted He [ſd | said]ſdsaid He
[tho't | thought]tho'tthought not — I [aſkd | asked]aſkdasked Him if the [Proprieters | proprietors]Proprietersproprietors [woud | would]woudwould not
part with a tract of Land for that [purpoſe | purpose]purpoſepurpose He [ſd | said]ſdsaid He [beliv'd | believed]beliv'dbelieved
not as [requeſted | requested]requeſtedrequested — will they [ſd | said]ſdsaid I upon any Terms He
[ſd | said]ſdsaid yes as they [ſold | sold]ſoldsold it to others upon no other terms
[reply'd | replied]reply'dreplied I He [anſwerd | answered]anſwerdanswered no He [beliv'd | believed]beliv'dbelieved not or to that
[purpoſe | purpose]purpoſepurpose — I [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked Him if the [Proprieters | proprietors]Proprietersproprietors [woud | would]woudwould
to hear from the [Congreſs | Congress]CongreſsCongress — I have [ſir | sir]ſirsir Done every
thing I could both by Prayer [Conſultation | consultation]Conſultationconsultation [& | and]&and applica‐
tion — I have [conſulted | consulted]conſultedconsulted [Coll | Col.]CollCol. [Buttler | Butler]ButtlerButler[pers0277.ocp]. —[& | and]&and others — I have
laid the [Cauſe | cause]Cauſecause before [ſir | Sir]ſirSir [Wm | William]WmWilliam Johnson[pers0292.ocp] [perſonally | personally]perſonallypersonally and
by an [addreſs | address]addreſsaddress in [writeing | writing]writeingwriting [ſubſcribd | subscribed]ſubſcribdsubscribed by [Meſrs | Messrs.]MeſrsMessrs. David
Avery[pers0064.ocp] [& | and]&and [my ſelfe | myself]my ſelfemyself (For [Dn Tho.s | Deacon Thomas]Dn Tho.sDeacon Thomas[pers0643.ocp] went Home not well)
A copy of which I [encloſe | enclose]encloſeenclose which you will [pleaſe | please]pleaſeplease to
[preſerve | preserve]preſervepreserve (for I have no other copy, [& | and]&and the original
is in [ſir | Sir]ſirSir [W.ms | William's]W.msWilliam's[pers0292.ocp] [poſseſion | possession]poſseſionpossession) I have [oppertunity | opportunity]oppertunityopportunity to [con‐
verſe | con‐
verse]con‐
verſecon‐
verse with the chief [Gentn | gentlemen]Gentngentlemen here as [Governer | Governor]GovernerGovernor Frank‐
lin[pers0205.ocp] of the [Jerſie | Jersey]JerſieJersey[place0163.ocp] [Govenr | Governor]GovenrGovernor Penn[pers0416.ocp] [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Peters[pers0422.ocp] of [Philidelpa | Philadelphia]PhilidelpaPhiladelphia[place0186.ocp]
[& | and]&and others many others — I [coud | could]coudcould be heartily glad you [ſir | sir]ſirsir
was here you [woud | would]woudwould be [receivd | received]receivdreceived [moſt | most]moſtmost [Honbly | honourably]Honblyhonourably [& | and]&and affectionate
I can [aſſure | assure]aſſureassure you your name is often [mentiond | mentioned]mentiondmentioned with
a great deal of [Reſpect | respect]Reſpectrespect by [ſr | Sir]ſrSir [Wm | William]WmWilliam [Johnſon | Johnson]JohnſonJohnson[pers0292.ocp] [Gov.r | Governor]Gov.rGovernor [Frankd | Franklin]FrankdFranklin[pers0205.ocp]
[& | and]&and others — [Govenr | Governor]GovenrGovernor Penn[pers0416.ocp] is gone Home but before
He went I took an [oppertunity | opportunity]oppertunityopportunity to confer with Him
about [ſetting | setting]ſettingsetting up an [Indn | Indian]IndnIndian College on the [ſuſquahanna | Susquehanna]ſuſquahannaSusquehanna[place0206.ocp]
or [ſome where | somewhere]ſome wheresomewhere [there about | thereabout]there aboutthereabout He told me He had [ſeen | seen]ſeenseen
[Dr | Dr.]DrDr. [Whittaker | Whitaker]WhittakerWhitaker[pers0037.ocp] [& | and]&and his [Requeſt | request]Requeſtrequest of a [conſiderable | considerable]conſiderableconsiderable Tract of Land
[& | and]&and that the affair was [ſent | sent]ſentsent Home to the Proprietors I [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked
Him if he [tho't | thought]tho'tthought the [Propoſals | proposals]Propoſalsproposals [woud | would]woudwould be granted He [ſd | said]ſdsaid He
[tho't | thought]tho'tthought not — I [aſkd | asked]aſkdasked Him if the [Proprieters | proprietors]Proprietersproprietors [woud | would]woudwould not
part with a tract of Land for that [purpoſe | purpose]purpoſepurpose He [ſd | said]ſdsaid He [beliv'd | believed]beliv'dbelieved
not as [requeſted | requested]requeſtedrequested — will they [ſd | said]ſdsaid I upon any Terms He
[ſd | said]ſdsaid yes as they [ſold | sold]ſoldsold it to others upon no other terms
[reply'd | replied]reply'dreplied I He [anſwerd | answered]anſwerdanswered no He [beliv'd | believed]beliv'dbelieved not or to that
[purpoſe | purpose]purpoſepurpose — I [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked Him if the [Proprieters | proprietors]Proprietersproprietors [woud | would]woudwould
not come to [ſome | some]ſomesome agreement with the New [Eng.d | England]Eng.dEngland[place0158.ocp]
[Purchacers | purchasers]Purchacerspurchasers
on the [ſuſquahanna | Susquehanna]ſuſquahannaSusquehanna[place0206.ocp] He [ſd | said]ſdsaid yes as they would with any other
[Purchacers | purchasers]Purchacerspurchasers and upon no other Terms [ſd | said]ſdsaid I He [anſwrd | answered]anſwrdanswered
no — . I [confer'd | conferred]confer'dconferred with [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Peters[pers0422.ocp] of [Philadelpa | Philadelphia]PhiladelpaPhiladelphia[place0186.ocp]
upon the [ſubject | subject]ſubjectsubject — He [thot | thought]thotthought great care [ſhoud | should]ſhoudshould be taken to
[chooſe | choose]chooſechoose [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch a place to [ſet | set]ſetset up an [Ind.n | Indian]Ind.nIndian [Academie | academy]Academieacademy as
might not [intefere | interfere]intefereinterfere with any other public School or
[occaſion | occasion]occaſionoccasion [diſcontent | discontent]diſcontentdiscontent or envy or the Like [leſt | lest]leſtlest it [Shoudnt | shouldn't]Shoudntshouldn't
[anſwer | answer]anſweranswer the [deſign | design]deſigndesign —and [beſides | besides]beſidesbesides He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought few of the [Indns | Indians]IndnsIndians
[woud | would]woudwould ever do for [Miſsionaries | missionaries]Miſsionariesmissionaries that in [genll | general]genllgeneral it [waſ | was]waſwas not
[worth while | worthwhile]worth whileworthwhile to do more for them than to learn them
to read [& | and]&and write [& | and]&and be [induſtrious | industrious]induſtriousindustrious [&c | etc.]&cetc. I [confer'd | conferred]confer'dconferred [ſir | Sir]ſirSir
william[pers0292.ocp] upon the [ſame | same]ſamesame [ſubject | subject]ſubjectsubject what His opinion was
about it— He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought it a Laudable [& | and]&and very good [deſign | design]deſigndesign — I
[aſkd | asked]aſkdasked Him where He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought [beſt | best]beſtbest to [ſet | set]ſetset up the School
His Excellency [ſd | said]ſdsaid He [ſuppoſd | supposed]ſuppoſdsupposed that affair was [ſent | sent]ſentsent Home already
[& | and]&and [determind | determined]determinddetermined — I [infirm'd | informed]infirm'dinformed his Excellency It was now in agi‐
tation [& | and]&and [preperation | preparation]preperationpreparation to be [ſent | sent]ſentsent — But I [ſuppoſd | supposed]ſuppoſdsupposed not yet
gone — I [aſkd | asked]aſkdasked Him where He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought the [moſt | most]moſtmost proper
place to [ſet | set]ſetset it — He [reply'd | replied]reply'dreplied he [ſuppoſd | supposed]ſuppoſdsupposed in or near Alba‐
ny[place0001.ocp] — I [mentiond | mentioned]mentiondmentioned [Penſylvania | Pennsylvania]PenſylvaniaPennsylvania[place0185.ocp] He [ſd | said]ſdsaid He [ſuppoſd | supposed]ſuppoſdsupposed the
[Proprieters woudn't | proprietors wouldn’t]Proprieters woudn'tproprietors wouldn’t part with their Lands for that pu[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): rpose]rpose
upon any other Terms than they [woud | would]woudwould to others
— I [mentiond | mentioned]mentiondmentioned [Kohoſs | Coos]KohoſsCoos[place0044.ocp] —He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought that too much a one
[ſide | side]ſideside — I [mention'd | mentioned]mention'dmentioned [Pittfield | Pittsfield]PittfieldPittsfield[place0188.ocp] — His [Excelleny | Excellency]ExcellenyExcellency [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked if
they had any [conſiderable | considerable]conſiderableconsiderable of Lands [&c | etc.]&cetc. for that [pur‐
poſe | pur‐
pose]pur‐
poſepur‐
pose — I told his [Excelleny | Excellency]ExcellenyExcellency they [woud | would]woudwould [ſubſcribe | subscribe]ſubſcribesubscribe in
Lands [& | and]&and money a [Thouſand | thousand]Thouſandthousand pounds [& | and]&and more He [ſmild | smiled]ſmildsmiled [& | and]&and
made no reply [onely | only]onelyonly that [Coll | Col.]CollCol. Williams[pers0596.ocp] was [propriet'r | proprietor]propriet'rproprietor
there [&& | etc. etc.]&&etc. etc.— upon laying the [encloſd | enclosed]encloſdenclosed [addreſs | address]addreſsaddress before
Him when He had read it he [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked me where I
[woud | would]woudwould have the Bounds of the [Provines | provinces]Provinesprovinces [Reſtricted | restricted]Reſtrictedrestricted I told
on the [ſuſquahanna | Susquehanna]ſuſquahannaSusquehanna[place0206.ocp] He [ſd | said]ſdsaid yes as they would with any other
[Purchacers | purchasers]Purchacerspurchasers and upon no other Terms [ſd | said]ſdsaid I He [anſwrd | answered]anſwrdanswered
no — . I [confer'd | conferred]confer'dconferred with [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Peters[pers0422.ocp] of [Philadelpa | Philadelphia]PhiladelpaPhiladelphia[place0186.ocp]
upon the [ſubject | subject]ſubjectsubject — He [thot | thought]thotthought great care [ſhoud | should]ſhoudshould be taken to
[chooſe | choose]chooſechoose [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch a place to [ſet | set]ſetset up an [Ind.n | Indian]Ind.nIndian [Academie | academy]Academieacademy as
might not [intefere | interfere]intefereinterfere with any other public School or
[occaſion | occasion]occaſionoccasion [diſcontent | discontent]diſcontentdiscontent or envy or the Like [leſt | lest]leſtlest it [Shoudnt | shouldn't]Shoudntshouldn't
[anſwer | answer]anſweranswer the [deſign | design]deſigndesign —and [beſides | besides]beſidesbesides He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought few of the [Indns | Indians]IndnsIndians
[woud | would]woudwould ever do for [Miſsionaries | missionaries]Miſsionariesmissionaries that in [genll | general]genllgeneral it [waſ | was]waſwas not
[worth while | worthwhile]worth whileworthwhile to do more for them than to learn them
to read [& | and]&and write [& | and]&and be [induſtrious | industrious]induſtriousindustrious [&c | etc.]&cetc. I [confer'd | conferred]confer'dconferred [ſir | Sir]ſirSir
william[pers0292.ocp] upon the [ſame | same]ſamesame [ſubject | subject]ſubjectsubject what His opinion was
about it— He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought it a Laudable [& | and]&and very good [deſign | design]deſigndesign — I
[aſkd | asked]aſkdasked Him where He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought [beſt | best]beſtbest to [ſet | set]ſetset up the School
His Excellency [ſd | said]ſdsaid He [ſuppoſd | supposed]ſuppoſdsupposed that affair was [ſent | sent]ſentsent Home already
[& | and]&and [determind | determined]determinddetermined — I [infirm'd | informed]infirm'dinformed his Excellency It was now in agi‐
tation [& | and]&and [preperation | preparation]preperationpreparation to be [ſent | sent]ſentsent — But I [ſuppoſd | supposed]ſuppoſdsupposed not yet
gone — I [aſkd | asked]aſkdasked Him where He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought the [moſt | most]moſtmost proper
place to [ſet | set]ſetset it — He [reply'd | replied]reply'dreplied he [ſuppoſd | supposed]ſuppoſdsupposed in or near Alba‐
ny[place0001.ocp] — I [mentiond | mentioned]mentiondmentioned [Penſylvania | Pennsylvania]PenſylvaniaPennsylvania[place0185.ocp] He [ſd | said]ſdsaid He [ſuppoſd | supposed]ſuppoſdsupposed the
[Proprieters woudn't | proprietors wouldn’t]Proprieters woudn'tproprietors wouldn’t part with their Lands for that pu[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): rpose]rpose
upon any other Terms than they [woud | would]woudwould to others
— I [mentiond | mentioned]mentiondmentioned [Kohoſs | Coos]KohoſsCoos[place0044.ocp] —He [tho't | thought]tho'tthought that too much a one
[ſide | side]ſideside — I [mention'd | mentioned]mention'dmentioned [Pittfield | Pittsfield]PittfieldPittsfield[place0188.ocp] — His [Excelleny | Excellency]ExcellenyExcellency [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked if
they had any [conſiderable | considerable]conſiderableconsiderable of Lands [&c | etc.]&cetc. for that [pur‐
poſe | pur‐
pose]pur‐
poſepur‐
pose — I told his [Excelleny | Excellency]ExcellenyExcellency they [woud | would]woudwould [ſubſcribe | subscribe]ſubſcribesubscribe in
Lands [& | and]&and money a [Thouſand | thousand]Thouſandthousand pounds [& | and]&and more He [ſmild | smiled]ſmildsmiled [& | and]&and
made no reply [onely | only]onelyonly that [Coll | Col.]CollCol. Williams[pers0596.ocp] was [propriet'r | proprietor]propriet'rproprietor
there [&& | etc. etc.]&&etc. etc.— upon laying the [encloſd | enclosed]encloſdenclosed [addreſs | address]addreſsaddress before
Him when He had read it he [aſk'd | asked]aſk'dasked me where I
[woud | would]woudwould have the Bounds of the [Provines | provinces]Provinesprovinces [Reſtricted | restricted]Reſtrictedrestricted I told
Here [eſpecially | especially]eſpeciallyespecially at the [Onoidas | Oneidas]OnoidasOneidas[org0075.ocp] He [ſd | said]ſdsaid that was at the [Indns | Indians]IndnsIndians
election whether they [woud | would]woudwould part with their Lands or no
At [preſent | present]preſentpresent He [coudn't | couldn't]coudn'tcouldn't tell no more than I [coud | could]coudcould where
the [Diviſion | division]Diviſiondivision Lines [woud | would]woudwould run when all the chiefs were
come together He [ſhoud | should]ſhoudshould know [& | and]&and not before — and
that He [ſhoud | should]ſhoudshould be as tender of the [Ind.ns | Indians]Ind.nsIndians [Intreſt | interest]Intreſtinterest as I
or any other friend [coud | could]coudcould be to ['em | them]'emthem — that [twas | it was]twasit was [eaſie | easy]eaſieeasy for
[deſigning | designing]deſigningdesigning men to get away their Land by [inſinuateing | insinuating]inſinuateinginsinuating
[themſelves | themselves]themſelvesthemselves into their [faver | favour]faverfavour together with a few Gifts good
words [&c | etc.]&cetc. that many too many had done it For the [Indns | Indians]IndnsIndians
in [genll valu'd | general valued]genll valu'dgeneral valued not their Lands — [& | and]&and much were
[paſsd | passed]paſsdpassed [betwixt | between]betwixtbetween Him [& | and]&and me alone — (which I have not time or
room to write for Paper is here [ſo | so]ſoso [ſcarce | scarce]ſcarcescarce that 12 [ſheets | sheets]ſheetssheets
has [Coſt | cost]Coſtcost me as much as 2 quire in New [Engd | England]EngdEngland[place0158.ocp] [& | and]&and with great
difficulty I have got [ſo | so]ſoso much [& | and]&and [uſd Halfe | used half]uſd Halfeused half of it already)—
But [ſd | said]ſdsaid He viz [ſir | Sir]ſirSir [Wm | William]WmWilliam[pers0292.ocp] upon the [Concluſion | conclusion]Concluſionconclusion he [ſhoud | should]ſhoudshould
make open proclamation of the Doings of the [Congreſs | Congress]CongreſsCongress that
all mightmight know [& | and]&and in the [mean Time | meantime]mean Timemeantime that I
might have further opportunity to confer upon
[theſe | these]theſethese things — And [ſir | sir]ſirsir I [muſt | must]muſtmust [confeſs | confess]confeſsconfess that [ſir | Sir]ſirSir [wm | william]wmwilliam[pers0292.ocp] has
[& | and]&and does treat me [& | and]&and mankind in the [moſt | most]moſtmost [Handſome | handsome]Handſomehandsome [& | and]&and
genteel manner Imaginable which has [endeard | endeared]endeardendeared Him to
me very much [tho' | though]tho'though He has no Grace yet has no [ſmall | small]ſmallsmall
Share of lovely Humanity — But [ſir | sir]ſirsir on the whole
the [ſituation | situation]ſituationsituation of the [Ind.ns | Indians]Ind.nsIndians with [reſpect | respect]reſpectrespect to [there' | their]there'their Lands
is very [tickliſh | ticklish]tickliſhticklish [& | and]&and doubtful — no [leſs | less]leſsless than 15 [thou‐
ſand | thou‐
sand]thou‐
ſandthou‐
sand Pounds worth of goods [& | and]&and a [vaſt | vast]vaſtvast deal of [Proviſien | provision]Proviſienprovision
with 7 [cheeſts | chests]cheeſtschests of Gold [& | and]&and [ſilver | silver]ſilversilver weighing not [leſs | less]leſsless than
a Barrel weight of [Cyder | cider]Cydercider or Peck each is [ſent | sent]ſentsent as a
Temptation with Rum wine [& | and]&and high Spirits [propertiona[above] lele | proportional]propertiona[above] leleproportional
if not to Exceed [& | and]&and[illegible] great numbers of [adventuorers | adventurers]adventuorersadventurers from
election whether they [woud | would]woudwould part with their Lands or no
At [preſent | present]preſentpresent He [coudn't | couldn't]coudn'tcouldn't tell no more than I [coud | could]coudcould where
the [Diviſion | division]Diviſiondivision Lines [woud | would]woudwould run when all the chiefs were
come together He [ſhoud | should]ſhoudshould know [& | and]&and not before — and
that He [ſhoud | should]ſhoudshould be as tender of the [Ind.ns | Indians]Ind.nsIndians [Intreſt | interest]Intreſtinterest as I
or any other friend [coud | could]coudcould be to ['em | them]'emthem — that [twas | it was]twasit was [eaſie | easy]eaſieeasy for
[deſigning | designing]deſigningdesigning men to get away their Land by [inſinuateing | insinuating]inſinuateinginsinuating
[themſelves | themselves]themſelvesthemselves into their [faver | favour]faverfavour together with a few Gifts good
words [&c | etc.]&cetc. that many too many had done it For the [Indns | Indians]IndnsIndians
in [genll valu'd | general valued]genll valu'dgeneral valued not their Lands — [& | and]&and much were
[paſsd | passed]paſsdpassed [betwixt | between]betwixtbetween Him [& | and]&and me alone — (which I have not time or
room to write for Paper is here [ſo | so]ſoso [ſcarce | scarce]ſcarcescarce that 12 [ſheets | sheets]ſheetssheets
has [Coſt | cost]Coſtcost me as much as 2 quire in New [Engd | England]EngdEngland[place0158.ocp] [& | and]&and with great
difficulty I have got [ſo | so]ſoso much [& | and]&and [uſd Halfe | used half]uſd Halfeused half of it already)—
But [ſd | said]ſdsaid He viz [ſir | Sir]ſirSir [Wm | William]WmWilliam[pers0292.ocp] upon the [Concluſion | conclusion]Concluſionconclusion he [ſhoud | should]ſhoudshould
make open proclamation of the Doings of the [Congreſs | Congress]CongreſsCongress that
all might
might have further opportunity to confer upon
[theſe | these]theſethese things — And [ſir | sir]ſirsir I [muſt | must]muſtmust [confeſs | confess]confeſsconfess that [ſir | Sir]ſirSir [wm | william]wmwilliam[pers0292.ocp] has
[& | and]&and does treat me [& | and]&and mankind in the [moſt | most]moſtmost [Handſome | handsome]Handſomehandsome [& | and]&and
genteel manner Imaginable which has [endeard | endeared]endeardendeared Him to
me very much [tho' | though]tho'though He has no Grace yet has no [ſmall | small]ſmallsmall
Share of lovely Humanity — But [ſir | sir]ſirsir on the whole
the [ſituation | situation]ſituationsituation of the [Ind.ns | Indians]Ind.nsIndians with [reſpect | respect]reſpectrespect to [there' | their]there'their Lands
is very [tickliſh | ticklish]tickliſhticklish [& | and]&and doubtful — no [leſs | less]leſsless than 15 [thou‐
ſand | thou‐
sand]thou‐
ſandthou‐
sand Pounds worth of goods [& | and]&and a [vaſt | vast]vaſtvast deal of [Proviſien | provision]Proviſienprovision
with 7 [cheeſts | chests]cheeſtschests of Gold [& | and]&and [ſilver | silver]ſilversilver weighing not [leſs | less]leſsless than
a Barrel weight of [Cyder | cider]Cydercider or Peck each is [ſent | sent]ſentsent as a
Temptation with Rum wine [& | and]&and high Spirits [propertiona[above] lele | proportional]propertiona[above] leleproportional
if not to Exceed [& | and]&and
all parts [eſpecially | especially]eſpeciallyespecially
Albany[place0001.ocp]
New York [place0308.ocp]
[Penſylvn | Pennsylvania]PenſylvnPennsylvania[place0185.ocp]
[& | and]&and
[virgina | Virginia]virginaVirginia[place0236.ocp]
[& | and]&and many
beyond— And [beſides | besides]beſidesbesides [tis | it is]tisit is [tho't | thought]tho'tthought the King[pers0305.ocp] has a [deſign | design]deſigndesign to
make a large [purchace | purchase]purchacepurchase of the natives for [ſome | some]ſomesome pious
[uſe | use]uſeuse — But this is kept as a [ſecret | secret]ſecretsecret which has not yet
[tranſpird | transpired]tranſpirdtranspired [& | and]&and known [onely | only]onelyonly to a very few — I [muſt | must]muſtmust leave you
as I am to [gueſs | guess]gueſsguess in this matter what it portends but we
may be pretty [ſure | sure]ſuresure [ſome thing | something]ſome thingsomething to the [ch-h | Church]ch-hChurch of [Engd | England]EngdEngland[org0024.ocp] or [ſome | some]ſomesome
[Dignatary | dignitary]Dignatarydignitary — you will likely [ſr | sir]ſrsir have a more full
[acct. | account]acct.account [& | and]&and view of [theſe | these]theſethese things at the [Cloſe | close]Cloſeclose of the [Congreſs | Congress]CongreſsCongress [wch | which]wchwhich
I am apt to think will be about the Latter end of
next week it may be not before the week after
beyond— And [beſides | besides]beſidesbesides [tis | it is]tisit is [tho't | thought]tho'tthought the King[pers0305.ocp] has a [deſign | design]deſigndesign to
make a large [purchace | purchase]purchacepurchase of the natives for [ſome | some]ſomesome pious
[uſe | use]uſeuse — But this is kept as a [ſecret | secret]ſecretsecret which has not yet
[tranſpird | transpired]tranſpirdtranspired [& | and]&and known [onely | only]onelyonly to a very few — I [muſt | must]muſtmust leave you
as I am to [gueſs | guess]gueſsguess in this matter what it portends but we
may be pretty [ſure | sure]ſuresure [ſome thing | something]ſome thingsomething to the [ch-h | Church]ch-hChurch of [Engd | England]EngdEngland[org0024.ocp] or [ſome | some]ſomesome
[Dignatary | dignitary]Dignatarydignitary — you will likely [ſr | sir]ſrsir have a more full
[acct. | account]acct.account [& | and]&and view of [theſe | these]theſethese things at the [Cloſe | close]Cloſeclose of the [Congreſs | Congress]CongreſsCongress [wch | which]wchwhich
I am apt to think will be about the Latter end of
next week it may be not before the week after
[Closer]
I am yours in all [Chriſtian | Christian]ChriſtianChristian Bonds [&c &c | etc. etc.]&c &cetc. etc.
Jacob ws Johnson[pers0287.ocp]
Jacob ws Johnson[pers0287.ocp]
[Postscript]
[Pleaſe | Please]PleaſePlease to forward
the [Encloſed | enclosed]Encloſedenclosed—
the [Encloſed | enclosed]Encloſedenclosed—
[Trailer]
from [M.r | Mr.]M.rMr.
[J. | Jacob]J.Jacob
[Johnſo[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): n]n | Johnson]Johnſo[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): n]nJohnson[pers0287.ocp]
[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
Jacob Johnson[pers0287.ocp]s
[Oct.r | October]Oct.rOctober [17.th | 17th]17.th17th 1768.[1768-10-17]
[Oct.r | October]Oct.rOctober [17.th | 17th]17.th17th 1768.[1768-10-17]
To
[Dr | Dr.]DrDr. [Elear | Eleazar]ElearEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[Connect | Connecticut]ConnectConnecticut[place0048.ocp] New [Engd | England]EngdEngland[place0158.ocp]
[pr | per]prper Abraham[pers0487.ocp]
[Dr | Dr.]DrDr. [Elear | Eleazar]ElearEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[Connect | Connecticut]ConnectConnecticut[place0048.ocp] New [Engd | England]EngdEngland[place0158.ocp]
[pr | per]prper Abraham[pers0487.ocp]
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People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0277.ocp | Coll Col. Buttler Butler | mentioned | Butler, John |
pers0292.ocp | W m William Johnson | mentioned | Johnson, William |
pers0064.ocp | David Avery | mentioned | Avery, David |
pers0643.ocp | D n Tho. s Deacon Thomas | mentioned | Thomas |
pers0292.ocp | ſir Sir W. ms William's | mentioned | Johnson, William |
pers0205.ocp | Governer Governor Frank‐ lin | mentioned | Franklin, William |
pers0416.ocp | Goven r Governor Penn | mentioned | Penn, John |
pers0422.ocp | M r Mr. Peters | mentioned | Peters |
pers0292.ocp | W m William Johnſon Johnson | mentioned | Johnson, William |
pers0205.ocp | Gov. r Governor Frank d Franklin | mentioned | Franklin, William |
pers0037.ocp | D r Dr. Whittaker Whitaker | mentioned | Whitaker, Nathaniel |
pers0292.ocp | ſir Sir william | mentioned | Johnson, William |
pers0596.ocp | Coll Col. Williams | mentioned | Williams, Coll |
pers0292.ocp | ſir Sir W m William | mentioned | Johnson, William |
pers0292.ocp | ſir Sir w m william | mentioned | Johnson, William |
pers0305.ocp | the King | mentioned | Frederick, George William |
pers0287.ocp | Jacob ws Johnson | writer | Johnson, Jacob W. |
pers0287.ocp | J. Jacob Johnſo n Johnson | writer | Johnson, Jacob W. |
pers0287.ocp | Jacob Johnson | writer | Johnson, Jacob W. |
pers0036.ocp | Elea r Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0487.ocp | Abraham | mentioned | Simon, Abraham |
Places identified in this document:
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place0081.ocp | Fort Stanwix | Fort Stanwix |
place0163.ocp | Jerſie Jersey | New Jersey |
place0186.ocp | Philidelp a Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
place0206.ocp | ſuſquahanna Susquehanna | Susquehanna River |
place0158.ocp | New Eng. d England | New England |
place0186.ocp | Philadelp a Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
place0001.ocp | Alba‐ ny | Albany |
place0185.ocp | Penſylvania Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
place0044.ocp | Kohoſs Coos | Coos |
place0188.ocp | Pittfield Pittsfield | Pittsfield |
place0158.ocp | New Eng d England | New England |
place0001.ocp | Albany | Albany |
place0308.ocp | New York | New York City |
place0185.ocp | Penſylv n Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
place0236.ocp | virgina Virginia | Commonwealth of Virginia |
place0048.ocp | Connect Connecticut | Connecticut |
Organizations identified in this document:
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org0075.ocp | OnoidasOneidas | Oneida Nation |
org0024.ocp | ch-hChurch of EngdEngland | Church of England |
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1768-10-17 | OctobrOctober 17.th17th 1768 |
1768-10-17 | Oct.rOctober 17.th17th 1768. |
Regularized text:
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modernization | 17.th | 17th |
modernization | Revd | Rev. |
modernization | ſir | Sir |
modernization | Congreſs | Congress |
modernization | ſir | sir |
modernization | Conſultation | consultation |
modernization | conſulted | consulted |
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modernization | Meſrs | Messrs. |
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variation | oppertunity | opportunity |
modernization | con‐ verſe |
con‐ verse |
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modernization | Mr | Mr. |
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modernization | aſſure | assure |
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modernization | Reſpect | respect |
modernization | Johnſon | Johnson |
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modernization | ſetting | setting |
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variation | there about | thereabout |
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modernization | Dr | Dr. |
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modernization | Requeſt | request |
modernization | conſiderable | considerable |
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modernization | Propoſals | proposals |
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modernization | diſcontent | discontent |
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modernization | beſt | best |
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variation | Kohoſs | Coos |
modernization | ſide | side |
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modernization | pur‐ poſe |
pur‐ pose |
modernization | ſubſcribe | subscribe |
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modernization | ſituation | situation |
modernization | reſpect | respect |
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modernization | thou‐ ſand |
thou‐ sand |
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variation | Proviſien | provision |
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modernization | ſilver | silver |
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variation | purchace | purchase |
modernization | uſe | use |
modernization | ſecret | secret |
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modernization | gueſs | guess |
modernization | ſure | sure |
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modernization | Cloſe | close |
modernization | Chriſtian | Christian |
modernization | &c &c | etc. etc. |
modernization | Pleaſe | Please |
modernization | Encloſed | enclosed |
modernization | M.r | Mr. |
modernization | Rev.d | Rev. |
Expanded abbreviations:
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Octobr | October |
& | and |
Hond | Honoured |
Wm | William |
Dn Tho.s | Deacon Thomas |
W.ms | William's |
Gentn | gentlemen |
Govenr | Governor |
Philidelpa | Philadelphia |
Honbly | honourably |
ſr | Sir |
Gov.r | Governor |
Frankd | Franklin |
Indn | Indian |
aſk'd | asked |
tho't | thought |
ſd | said |
beliv'd | believed |
reply'd | replied |
Eng.d | England |
anſwrd | answered |
confer'd | conferred |
Philadelpa | Philadelphia |
thot | thought |
Ind.n | Indian |
Indns | Indians |
genll | general |
ſuppoſd | supposed |
infirm'd | informed |
mention'd | mentioned |
propriet'r | proprietor |
Ind.ns | Indians |
'em | them |
twas | it was |
genll valu'd | general valued |
paſsd | passed |
Engd | England |
wm | william |
Penſylvn | Pennsylvania |
tis | it is |
ch-h | Church |
ſr | sir |
acct. | account |
wch | which |
J. | Jacob |
Oct.r | October |
Elear | Eleazar |
Connect | Connecticut |
pr | per |
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