Miriam Storrs, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 November 24
24 November 1768[1768-11-24]
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[note (type: abstract): Storrs writes about her time in New York, and the temptations and dangers she has avoided with God's help.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is very uneven, yet mostly legible.][note (type: paper): Small single sheet is in good condition, with light staining, creasing and wear.][note (type: ink): Black ink is heavy and bold.][note (type: noteworthy): In the 11th line of one verso, it is possible that the word "but" is a variant spelling for boat.]
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New york[place0308.ocp]
[Novbr | November]NovbrNovember 24 1768[1768-11-24]
[Revd | Rev.]RevdRev.
[& | and]&and
[Honnrd | honoured]Honnrdhonoured
[ſir | sir]ſirsir
[ſir | sir]ſirsir I arrived ahere 19 of this month[1768-11-19]
and I am to go this week from here but I keep good courage hoping to be where I [ſhlou^[above] l^ld | should]ſhlou^[above] l^ldshould be. I have been
[ſick | sick]ſicksick
[ſome | some]ſomesome of the time but nothing to wha^[above] t^t I [deſerve | deserve]deſervedeserve I was well treated I have work Enough people would [illegible] have me tarry with
the them but I have got long [ſo | so]ſoso far but the [Doctr | Dr.]DoctrDr. will need the Greeks to read my writing if I had common [ſ | s]ſsillegible
[ſence | sense]ſencesense I [ſhould | should]ſhouldshould form [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): my]my this [illegible] writing better [ſir | sir]ſirsir I have heard but one prayer
[ſince | since]ſincesince I went from norwich[place0174.ocp]. [ſince | since]ſincesince I went from thy the
[houſe | house]houſehouse
[inſtead | instead]inſteadinstead of prayers filthy talk [&c. | etc.]&c.etc. — —
I found no [reſt | rest]reſtrest
[till | 'til]till'til I put my whole
[truſt | trust]truſttrust in god [illegible] who [illegible] was my [illegible]
[beſt | best]beſtbest
[preſerver | preserver]preſerverpreserver then was I lifted up above any [tempation | temptation]tempationtemptation I have been under many trials but god was my d[illegible] Deliverer h^[above] e^eavy [temtations | temptations]temtationstemptations
[preſt | pressed]preſtpressed down to the d [duſt | dust]duſtdust which [cauſed | caused]cauſedcaused me for to
weep nights and hours when I Saw [every one | everyone]every oneeveryone out of my [ſight | sight]ſightsight Dear [ſir | sir]ſirsir I want [ſee | see]ſeesee the [D[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): oct]oct | Dr.]D[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): oct]octDr. again. I lay [illegible] many a night
[illegible] and for fear of one [illegible]
^[left] mans^mans bad intention in [illegible] his heart
as I thought [illegible] and he dtold me
after he went to [ſhore | shore]ſhoreshore that was his end and aimillegible but he found he was
mistaken he [ownd | owned]owndowned
a but I [illegible] did keep clear of him which I
[illegible] have [reaſon | reason]reaſonreason to [praiſe | praise]praiſepraise my redeemer for all my days and hope to go to him in 'Due time
May God of infinite grace grant me it for his [ſake | sake]ſakesake
[Closer]
No more from your unworthy [ſubject | subject]ſubjectsubject
Miriam [ſtorrs | Storrs]ſtorrsStorrs[pers0524.ocp]
[Postscript]
P: S to Remember to all the Family I am in health
[illegible] and to the [illegible]
School[org0098.ocp]
[illegible]y
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] in
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
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id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0524.ocp | Miriam ſtorrs Storrs | writer | Storrs, Miriam |
pers0036.ocp | M r Mr. Wheelock | recipient | Wheelock, Eleazar |
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place0308.ocp | New york | New York City |
place0174.ocp | norwich | Norwich |
place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
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org0098.ocp | School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
Dates identified in this document:
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1768-11-24 | NovbrNovember 24 1768 |
1768-11-19 | 19 of this month |
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modernization | ſir | sir |
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modernization | ſick | sick |
modernization | ſome | some |
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modernization | praiſe | praise |
modernization | ſake | sake |
modernization | ſubject | subject |
modernization | ſtorrs | Storrs |
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Novbr | November |
& | and |
Honnrd | honoured |
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