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Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to John Thornton, 1768 August 25
Manuscript Number768475
Date25 August 1768
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AbstractWheelock writes that Occom refuses to return money that was inadvertently advanced to him; he fears Occom has been given delusions of grandeur by his treatment in England.
Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to John Thornton, 1768 December 23
Manuscript Number768673.1
Date23 December 1768
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AbstractWheelock writes that he advanced Occom money before being informed that the Trust in England had given him an allowance. He proposes that Occom’s “sails were too high” during his tour of Great Britain, but that he seems to be humbling.