The Occom Circle

Gershom Breed, account ledger, 1764

Manuscript Number764900.1

Date1764

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AbstractGershom Breed's bill against Wheelock for goods furnished to Occom and others.

Nathaniel Whitaker, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1765 March 2

Manuscript Number765202.1

Date2 March 1765

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AbstractWhitaker writes regarding Jewett's charges against Occom, and Wheelock's memorial to the Assembly.

Robert Roath, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1765 May 30

Manuscript Number765330.3

Date30 May 1765

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AbstractRoath writes to ask for help in securing money owed to him by Occom.

Bill of Goods, 1765 October 15

Manuscript Number764565

Date15 October 1765

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AbstractBill of goods presented by Gershom Breed to Eleazar Wheelock.

Moses Peck, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1765 December 24

Manuscript Number765674.2

Date12 December 1765

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AbstractPeck updates Wheelock on business matters, and notes that Whitaker and Occom have started on their trip.

Amos Smith, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 May 19

Manuscript Number766319

Date19 May 1766

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AbstractSmith asks for a settlement of the payment due for work done on Occom’s house.

Bezaleel Woodward, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 June 13

Manuscript Number766363.4

Date13 June 1766

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AbstractWoodward writes about Mary Occom's accounts with the merchants Gershom Breed and Nathaniel Shaw while her husband is in England.

Moses Peck, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 September

Manuscript Number766540

DateSeptember 1766

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AbstractPeck encloses a bill, and copies a letter from Whitefield to Mason regarding the controversy involving Occom and the New England Company.

John Cleveland, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1766 October 20

Manuscript Number766570

Date20 October 1766

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AbstractCleveland writes that he has heard from Jonathan Parsons of a letter, sent to England by Secretary Oliver, intended to do damage to Occom and Whitaker in England. He mentions that Parsons intends to write to England and state the truth.

Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 September 3

Manuscript Number767503.3

Date3 September 1767

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AbstractThe commissioners of the Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America refuse to send Wheelock a copy of the letter he requested because they do not credit his account of Occom’s education. They also admonish Wheelock for luring away one of the Company's interpreters.