Eleazar Wheelock, letter, to Stephen Williams, 1735 November 3

Yrs of 22d Octr I Revd for wch I thank you — was very Glad to Hear from you. & yt yr are undr so Comfortable Circumstances — yse may inform you yt we are all hoping our Negro girl is undr poor Circumſtances I am afraid She won’t Live Long ye means uſd Don’t seem at preſent as tho they wod Effect a Cure (I Deſr to Submitt to ye Determinations of heaven Concerning her-) I dont know when I shall Come for Betty we are not yet Got into our houſe nor shall we very Speedily — I am afraid She is almoſt out of Patience — I shod be Glad if She were at home — if I cod tell how to Get her here — I am very sorry to hear of ye unhappy Difficulty there is in yr town but I believe God does Governs ye world and yt and his council not withstanding all ye Devices of mans health Shall Stand — when we shall send you more money — I want to know Mr B.s — inſide — you may Depend upon it we shall do ye beſt we Can — I have had a fitt of ye spleen about it but am pretty well recoverd — I am not without fear yt ye Concern among our people is much abated — I offer yr prayers for ym & us wth ſr with ^only^ sincere Love & Service to you & yours and our love to Betty is all at present form Revd FL

For the Revd Stephen Williams Att Springfield ⁓ Theſe Pr Mr Rockwell ⁓