John Wheelock, discharge, 1790 March 4
4 March 1790[1790-03-04]
ms number790204.2
[note (type: abstract): A draft of John Wheelock’s discharge of claims on the funds collected for the Charity School.][note (type: handwriting): Informal handwriting is occasionally difficult to decipher.][note (type: paper): One sheet folded in half to form four pages is in good condition, with light creasing, staining and wear.][note (type: ink): Dark-brown.][note (type: noteworthy): As is noted on two verso, the document is a draft. The contents of this document are very similar to those of manuscript 790204.1.][note (type: signature): The document is initialed.]
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Know all Men by these Presents That I John
Wheelock[pers0576.ocp] of Hanover[place0095.ocp] in the
County of Grafton[place0299.ocp] and State of New Hampshire[place0160.ocp] L.L.D. President of
Moor's Indian Charity School[org0098.ocp] in said
Hanover[place0095.ocp] (which School was originally
founded by my honored father the late Reverend Eleazar
Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] D.D. at
Lebanon[place0122.ocp] in Connecticut[place0048.ocp]) to be
[Succeſsor | successor]Succeſsorsuccessor to my said honored father[pers0036.ocp] in [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): the]the Presidency of
said School[org0098.ocp], and one of the
[Exectuors | executors]Exectuorsexecutors of his last Will and Testament and with the Consent of the other
Executors named in the said Will hereto with me Subscribing, for and in
consideration of the Sum of Six hundred and fifty eight Pounds Eleven Shillings
and Eleven pence [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): one]one
farthing Sterling Money of Great
Britain[place0090.ocp] Covenanted by the Society in
Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge[org0096.ocp] to be paid by duly
honoring my two Sets of Exchange drawn on them in favor of Thomas [Ruſsel | Russel]RuſselRussel[pers0820.ocp] Esquire on order dated Boston[place0013.ocp]
June [15.[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): th]th | 15th]15.[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): th]th15th Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine[1789-06-15] one of
which sets being for three hundred Pounds Sterling, and the other Set for
three hundred and fifty eight Pounds Eleven Shillings and Eleven pence one
farthing Sterling
Sterling have
given up and relinquished and in compliance with and in terms of the
Resolutions of the said Society[org0096.ocp] of date the
Seventeenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty
[illegible]five[1785-11-17] and [signifed | signified]signifedsignified to me by their Secretary[pers0532.ocp] in a
Letter of date the
eighteenth day of that Month[1785-11-18] and of the Twenty eighth day of August one thousand seven hundred and
eighty nine[1789-08-28] sign[illegible]ified to me by their
Clerks in absence of their Secretary in a Letter of date the
twelfth day of September[1789-09-12] thereafter Do by these
presents give up Release and Relinquish all Claims and Demands [illegible]
[whatsover | whatsoever]whatsoverwhatsoever upon the said Society[org0096.ocp] with respect to
the School aforesaid[org0098.ocp] from its first
Institution to the fifteenth day of June one thousand [sevenhundred | seven hundred]sevenhundredseven hundred and eighty nine[1789-06-15][illegible] Provided
[Nevertheleſs | nevertheless]Nevertheleſsnevertheless that this shall not operate as a Discharge therefrom until payment
shall have been made of the two Sets of Exchange [abovementioned | above mentioned]abovementionedabove mentioned
In [Witneſs | witness]Witneſswitness whereof I the said John
Wheelock[pers0576.ocp] as principal and [illegible]
Eleazar Wheelock[pers0036.ocp] and James Wheelock[pers1190.ocp] the other
[Exectuors | executors]Exectuorsexecutors in testimony of our [Covenent | covenant]Covenentcovenant have
have hereunto set [illegible]my ^[above] our^our hands and Seal[illegible] this day of —
[J.w | J. W.]J.wJ. W.[pers0576.ocp] —
[Trailer]
[Draught | Draft]DraughtDraft of Discharge
Document Summary
People identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Role in header | Authorized Name |
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pers0576.ocp | John Wheelock | writer | Wheelock, John |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | mentioned | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0036.ocp | said honored father | mentioned | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers0820.ocp | Thomas Ruſsel Russel | mentioned | Russell, Thomas |
pers0532.ocp | their Secretary | mentioned | Thacher, Peter |
pers0036.ocp | Eleazar Wheelock | mentioned | Wheelock, Eleazar |
pers1190.ocp | James Wheelock | mentioned | Wheelock, James |
pers0576.ocp | J. w J. W. | writer | Wheelock, John |
Places identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
---|---|---|
place0095.ocp | Hanover | Hanover |
place0299.ocp | County of Grafton | Grafton County |
place0160.ocp | State of New Hampshire | New Hampshire |
place0122.ocp | Lebanon | Lebanon |
place0048.ocp | Connecticut | Connecticut |
place0090.ocp | Great Britain | Great Britain |
place0013.ocp | Boston | Boston |
Organizations identified in this document:
id | Text in document | Authorized Name |
---|---|---|
org0098.ocp | Moor's Indian Charity School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
org0098.ocp | said School | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
org0096.ocp | Society in Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge | Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge |
org0096.ocp | said Society | Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge |
org0098.ocp | School aforesaid | Moor’s Indian Charity School |
Dates identified in this document:
Standard Form | Text |
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1789-06-15 | June 15.th15th Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine |
1785-11-17 | Seventeenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty five |
1785-11-18 | eighteenth day of that Month |
1789-08-28 | Twenty eighth day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine |
1789-09-12 | twelfth day of September |
1789-06-15 | fifteenth day of June one thousand sevenhundredseven hundred and eighty nine |
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modernization | Succeſsor | successor |
variation | Exectuors | executors |
modernization | Ruſsel | Russel |
modernization | 15.[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): th]th | 15th |
variation | signifed | signified |
variation | whatsover | whatsoever |
variation | sevenhundred | seven hundred |
modernization | Nevertheleſs | nevertheless |
variation | abovementioned | above mentioned |
modernization | Witneſs | witness |
variation | Covenent | covenant |
modernization | J.w | J. W. |
variation | Draught | Draft |
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