Sarah Simon, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 [month unknown] 16

Author Simon, Sarah[pers0490.ocp]

16 [Month unknown] 1769[1769]

Call Number769900.1

[note (type: abstract): Simon writes to Wheelock that she fears she is irretrievably in the grip of the Devil.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is small, yet largely clear and legible.][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): Brown-black.]
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[Re.:end | Rev.]Re.:endRev. and [Hon:.rd | Honoured]Hon:.rdHonoured Sir
I have been this Some time back
thinking upon things of [Religon | religion]Religonreligion; and I think [thay | they]thaythey
[donot | do not]donotdo not look So [above] plain to meplain to me as I have Seen them [above] andand I have [grat | great]gratgreat ma
ny wicked thoughts and I [donot | do not]donotdo not know what I
Shall do if I [donot | do not]donotdo not [aſk | ask]aſkask [ſombodys | somebody's]ſombodyssomebody's [adviſe | advice]adviſeadvice about
[left] itit for I feel very bad about it; I have thought a [gr
te | gr
eat]
gr
te
gr
eat
while that I would Come and talk ywith [above] thethe [Dr | Doctor]DrDoctor[pers0036.ocp]
but then I thought again that it will not do me
any good; for I have [talkd | talked]talkdtalked with the [Dr | Doctor]DrDoctor[pers0036.ocp] [gra[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): n]nt | great]gra[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): n]ntgreat many
times and If I do not mind them words that has
been [alraday | already]alradayalready Said [tome | to me]tometo me I Shall have the more to [an
ſwer | an
swer]
an
ſwer
an
swer
for; So I thought I would not dgo [illegible][above] nonowhere to
[here | hear]herehear [any thing | anything]any thinganything [above] oror no [aſk | ask]aſkask any [qu:.ns | questions]qu:.nsquestions about any

but I fear it is the works of [Saton | Satan]SatonSatan; and I have [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): mind]mind
it [till | 'til]till'til I am undone [for Ever | forever]for Everforever and I [be[illegible]live | believe]be[illegible]livebelieve that
[Saton | Satan]SatonSatan is [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [beſſer | besser]beſſerbesser][beſſer | besser]beſſerbesser with me [them | than]themthan [any body | anybody]any bodyanybody [els | else]elselse in
this world Even when I go to Read he [taks | takes]takstakes all
my thoughts away upon [Somthing | something]Somthingsomething [Els | else]Elselse
and my temptation he [las | lays]laslays before me I thought
I [illegible]never would not [till | tell]tilltell [any body | anybody]any bodyanybody of it but as
I was at home this [after noon | afternoon]after noonafternoon all alone I was
thinking upon [thise | these]thisethese things and wondering
what[illegible] I [ſhould | should]ſhouldshould do and I thought of a book I [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [hered | heard]heredheard][hered | heard]heredheard
Read [onſe | once]onſeonce that when [any one | anyone]any oneanyone was at [loſt | lost]loſtlost
about any thing [thay | they]thaythey [muſt | must]muſtmust go to [lhare | their]lharetheir
[minſter | minister]minſterminister and inquire of [illegible]them and there
[above] willwill lead you into it, and then I think it is my duty
to Come and take your [adviſe | advice]adviſeadvice. and I [above] whatwhat want to know

is this am [above] II [uncureable | incurable]uncureableincurable or fnot; the devil is [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [jiſt | just]jiſtjust][jiſt | just]jiſtjust
[Redy | ready]Redyready Sometimes to [above] make memake me think that [be caſe | because]be caſebecause I have
made a [perfertion | perversion]perfertionperversion and do not [above] [alwas | always]alwasalways[alwas | always]alwasalways keep upright.
and [itſeems | it seems]itſeemsit seems to me all the true [Chriſtan | Christian]ChriſtanChristian never
[meats | meets]meatsmeets with Such a [ſtruggte | struggle]ſtruggtestruggle with [ſaton | Satan]ſatonSatan as
I do and [ſo | so]ſoso that [maks | makes]maksmakes me fear that I am
a [Chriſtan | Christian]ChriſtanChristian [becaſe | because]becaſebecause the Devil is [ſo | so]ſoso be[illegible: [guess (h-dawnd): [ſ | s]ſs][ſ | s]ſs]e with
me more than he is with any one [Els | else]Elselse. for wh
en I d go to try to pray he [till | tell]tilltell me that it
will not do andy good [nither | neither]nitherneither will it [merat | merit]meratmerit
[any thing | anything]any thinganything [ſo | so]ſoso he [trys | tries]trystries [Every thing | everything]Every thingeverything to put
me back. and o what [ſhall | shall]ſhallshall I do it [seam | seem]seamseem
to me I could [writ | write]writwrite all this right to you
if it would do any good but i fear it will
[illegible] not. —

[Closer]
[ſo | So]ſoSo I [Deſire | desire]Deſiredesire to [ſubcrib | subscribe]ſubcribsubscribe [my
ſilfe | my
self]
my
ſilfe
my
self
your [moſt | most]moſtmost humble and Ever
[Dutyfull | Dutiful]DutyfullDutiful [Searvent | Servant]SearventServant
[ſarah | Sarah]ſarahSarah [ſimon | Simon]ſimonSimon[pers0490.ocp]

[Trailer]
From Sarah Simon[pers0490.ocp]s
[16th | 16th]16th16th 1769[1769].

for —
M.:
the [Re:end | Rev.]Re:endRev. [M:r | Mr.]M:rMr. [Elezer | Eleazar]ElezerEleazar [Wheelak | Wheelock]WheelakWheelock[pers0036.ocp] [below] DDDD
[att | at]attat
Lebanon[place0122.ocp]
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pers0490.ocp ſarah Sarah ſimon Simon writer Simon, Sarah
pers0490.ocp Sarah Simon writer Simon, Sarah
pers0036.ocp Elezer Eleazar Wheela k Wheelock recipient Wheelock, Eleazar

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