Jacob Johnson, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 November 6
6 November 1768[1768-11-06]
ms number768606
[note (type: abstract): Johnson writes that the cause of the Charity School was not much advanced at the Fort Stanwix Congress.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is loose and informal, yet mostly clear and legible. The trailer is in an unknown hand.][note (type: paper): Large single sheet is in fair condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear.][note (type: ink): Black-brown ink is somewhat faded.][note (type: noteworthy): Near the trailer on one recto, “Sir y” is written in a different hand.]
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Fort [Stanwixt | Stanwix]StanwixtStanwix[place0081.ocp]
[Novem | November]NovemNovember
[6th | 6th]6th6th 1768[1768-11-06]
[Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[ſir | Sir]ſirSir
The [buſineſs | business]buſineſsbusiness of the [Congreſs | Congress]CongreſsCongress is now [compleated | completed]compleatedcompleted —all in [Confuſion | confusion]Confuſionconfusion— [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Cleveland[pers0131.ocp]
Avery[pers0064.ocp]
Mather[pers0361.ocp] will give you a narrative — I
expected they would have [accom‐panyd | accom‐panied]accom‐panydaccom‐panied me to [Canawarohere | Kanawalohale]CanawarohereKanawalohale[place0114.ocp] this Day [& | and]&and
[ſo | so]ſoso omitted [writeing | writing]writeingwriting
[till | 'til]till'til then — But they viz [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Kirtland[pers0315.ocp]
[&c | etc.]&cetc.
[ſuddenly | suddenly]ſuddenlysuddenly change‐ing their purpose— I have no time to write
you — For they [& | and]&and I are parting— [Onely | only]Onelyonly that we have all done what we [coud | could]coudcould to forward the glorious [deſign | design]deſigndesign you have
[ſir | sir]ſirsir in view — But the [buſineſs | business]buſineſsbusiness of the [Congreſs | Congress]CongreſsCongress being of [ſuch | such]ſuchsuch a nature it [Seemd | seemed]Seemdseemed to [anſwer | answer]anſweranswer no great purpose at [Preſent | present]Preſentpresent — However I [beleive | believe]beleivebelieve it is not time [loſt | lost]loſtlost to any of us [& | and]&and I hope not in [gen.ll | general]gen.llgeneral to the [Cauſe | cause]Cauſecause It may be a [ſeed | seed]ſeedseed
[ſown | sown]ſownsown in [Darkneſs | darkness]Darkneſsdarkness which may in Gods Time Spring up — I [wiſh | wish]wiſhwish I had Time to write more at large, [& | and]&and to the [purpoſe | purpose]purpoſepurpose — But I am hurried to the [utmoſt | utmost]utmoſtutmost — If it be the divine will I [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall write by [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Kirtland[pers0315.ocp] in [ſhort | short]ſhortshort time—
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I am with all due Respect yours [affect[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): ionly]ionly | affectionately]affect[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): ionly]ionlyaffectionately
Jacob Johnson[pers0287.ocp]
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[Rev.d | Rev.]Rev.dRev.
Jacob Johnson[pers0287.ocp]'s
[Nov: | November]Nov:November 6. 1768[1768-11-06]—
^[right] Sir y^Sir y
To the [Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[Dr | Dr.]DrDr.
[Eleazer | Eleazar]EleazerEleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp]
[Lebenon | Lebanon]LebenonLebanon
Connecticut[place0048.ocp][place0122.ocp]
New England[place0158.ocp]
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pers0131.ocp | M r Mr. Cleveland | mentioned | Cleaveland, Ebenezer |
pers0064.ocp | Avery | mentioned | Avery, David |
pers0361.ocp | Mather | mentioned | Mather, Allyn |
pers0315.ocp | Mr Mr. Kirtland | mentioned | Kirkland, Samuel |
pers0287.ocp | Jacob Johnson | writer | Johnson, Jacob W. |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazer Eleazar Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
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place0114.ocp | Canawarohere Kanawalohale | Kanawalohale |
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