The Occom Circle

Hezekiah Calvin, confession, 1768

Manuscript Number768900.1

Date1768

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AbstractCalvin writes that he should be allowed to leave the school, as he is unable to resist the temptation to sin.

Hezekiah Calvin, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 January 29

Manuscript Number768129

Date29 January 1768

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AbstractCalvin confesses to drunkenness and going away without leave. He notes that he almost went to sea.

Hezekiah Calvin, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 March

Manuscript Number768240.1

DateMarch 1768

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AbstractCalvin confesses to a troubled mind and to regret at having considered marrying at too young an age. He asks permission to go home.

Hannah Nonesuch, confession, 1768 March 11

Manuscript Number768211.1

Date11 March 1768

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AbstractNonesuch confesses to drinking and rude conduct at a tavern.

Mary Secutor, confession, 1768 March 11

Manuscript Number768211.2

Date11 March 1768

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AbstractSecutor confesses to drunkeness and rude conduct at a tavern.

David Crosby, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 March 12

Manuscript Number768212.1

Date12 March 1768

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AbstractCrosby writes asking to be admitted to the school and expressing his desire to be useful.

Joseph Johnson, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768, May 2

Manuscript Number768302

Date2 May 1768

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AbstractJohnson writes of his progress among the Oneidas, and that the more distant tribes visited by Ralph Wheelock do not seem anxious for missionaries. He also mentions various Moor's students.

Eleazar Wheelock, draft of will, 1768 April 14

Manuscript Number768264

Date14 April 1768

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AbstractA draft of Wheelock’s will.

Jeremiah Halsey, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1768 April 25

Manuscript Number768275.2

Date25 April 1768

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AbstractHalsey writes that he has seen a document in which Whitaker vastly overestimates the number of Indians in America, and that people unfriendly to the design will take advantage of the opportunity to ridicule the school.

Poem, written by Levi Frisbie, in praise of Wheelock and the Grand Design, 1768 May 15

Manuscript Number768315.1

Date15 May 1768

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AbstractLong verse in couplets praises Wheelock and his plan to christianize the Indians.