The Occom Circle

David McClure, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 November 11

Manuscript Number767611.1

Date11 November 1767

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Recipient

AbstractMcClure writes that he and the other Moor's students are doing well at college.

David Avery, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 June 26

Manuscript Number769376

Date26 June 1769

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Recipient

AbstractAvery writes from Yale about the conversion of fellow students. He adds a postscript regarding Wheelock's son John.

Trustees of Dartmouth College, Resolution, 1789 May 7

Manuscript Number789307.1

Date7 May 1789

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AbstractA resolution from the Board of Trustees avowing that the board has never used for Dartmouth College any of the money collected by Occom and Whitaker in Great Britain.

John Wheelock’s discharge, 1790 March 4

Manuscript Number790204.1

Date4 March 1790

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AbstractJohn Wheelock relinquishes claims on the funds collected by Whitaker and Occom and deposited with the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge. The discharge is certified by John Hancock.

John Wheelock, discharge, 1790 March 4

Manuscript Number790204.2

Date4 March 1790

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AbstractA draft of John Wheelock’s discharge of claims on the funds collected for the Charity School.