Jacob Johnson, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 15 June 1769

Sir the State of my Family & my own very
Indifferent State of health has been &is the
Reaſon why I have not Seen you ſir at Lebanon
e'er now My wife has been &is poorly & 2^d
Daughter who is under the D^rs Care My Negro
man & Chief ſtay in my outdoor buſineſs
Dyed laſt week after 9 days illneſs So that I am
left weak — I have Sent 3 or 4 Letters to let you
know of theſe things — I came as far as Newent
with my Daughter but coudnt come further
The D^r being at Preſton &c & I was obligd alſo to
be at home — And beſides as Mr Huntington
I Suppoſe is gone for Oneida & Mr Kirkland
will probably be down the Latter end of this Month
or beginning of next I propoſe to ſee you then
if poſsible — The Times look threatning at Home
& abroad — our help is in God onely - Some great
overture Seems to be near — The nation & Land
Seems ripening faſt for deſtruction — if meer ſovereign
grace does not interpoſe — It will likely be trouble —
ſome if not dangerous for the Miſsionaries among
the Indians this ſummer The ſix nations to be
here the Oneidas expect war & we hear the
foreign Indians are muſtering for that purpoſe
about & beyond Detroit the quadruple alliance
carries an ominous aſſpect — But our God can yea
we may be ſure will over-rule all for Zions good
& his own glory and that's enough to quiet our Minds

To
the Rev & Hon^d.
D^r Eleaz^r. Wheelock Lebanon

Rev^d. Jacob Johnſon
June 15, 1769