The Occom Circle

Joseph Fish, letter, to Nathaniel Whitaker, 1766 July 30

Manuscript Number766430

Date30 July 1766

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AbstractFish writes to Whitaker about his mission to the Narragansetts, and about the visit he and his wife made to Mrs. Whitaker.

Samuel Niles and Edward Deake, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 January 15

Manuscript Number767115.1

Date15 January 1767

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AbstractNiles and Deake write to thank Wheelock for admitting Niles’s (spiritual) son, Toby, to his school and for his educational efforts.

Emmanuel Simon, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 April 1

Manuscript Number767251

Date1 April 1767

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AbstractSimon writes Wheelock asking to be reinstated in the School; Edward Deake adds a postscript.

Edward Deake, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 June 1

Manuscript Number767351.1

Date1 June 1767

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AbstractDeake writes to recommend admittance for the son of Samuel Niles into the school.

Tobias Shattock, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 August 27

Manuscript Number766477

Date27 August 1766

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AbstractShattock writes that he would like to come to Wheelock’s school. He also recommends his brother John as a potential pupil.

Tobias Shattock, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 October 2

Manuscript Number767552

Date2 October 1767

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AbstractShattock thanks Wheelock for his letter supporting the Narragansetts’ appeal to the colonial Governor that their Sachem Ninegret be prevented from selling any more of their lands.

Sarah Simon, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 October 9

Manuscript Number767559

Date9 October 1767

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AbstractSimon thanks Wheelock for her daughter Sarah’s education, and asks him to take her young son into the Charity School.

Sarah Simon, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 October 12

Manuscript Number767562.4

Date12 October 1767

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AbstractSimon writes that she is glad her daughter Sarah has succeeded at Wheelock’s school, and hopes her young son does as well. She also offers to send another daughter and another son.

Tobias Shattock, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 November 30

Manuscript Number767630.2

Date30 November 1767

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AbstractShattock writes that the Trustees appointed by the Rhode Island General Assembly have decided to sell enough of the Narragansetts’ land to pay their Sachem Ninegret’s debts. Fearing their ruin, the Narragansetts are sending Shattock to London to raise funds.

Tobias Shattock, letter, Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 December 10

Manuscript Number767660.2

Date10 December 1767

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AbstractShattock writes that he is leaving for England, where he will speak in favor of his Tribe and the Charity School, and that he has passed on the recruitment of students to Edward Deake.