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

Yrs of 22d Octr I Recd for wch I thank you — was
very Glad to Hear from you. & yt are undr So Comfortable
Circumstances — yse may inform you yt we are all [illegible: morning]
our Negro Girl is undr poor Circumſtances I am afraid She won’t
Live Long yemeans uſd Don’t Seem at preſent as tho they
wodEffect 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 y^e unhappy Difficulty there is in yr town ^but I beleive God dos
Governs ye world and yt and his Councils notwithſtanding all ye
Devices of mans hearts Shall Stand — when we Shall Send you
more money — I want to know Mr B.s — [illegible: inſide] — you may
Depend upon it we Shall do ye beſt we Can — I have had
a fitt of yeSpleen about it but am pretty well recoverd
— I am not without fears yt ye Concern among our
people is much abated — I [illegible: 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 Rev^d FL

For the
Revd Stephen Williams
Att
Springfield
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Theſe
Pr Mr Rockwell
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