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is generally understood that your Uncle designed a Testimony of his Respect to you in that Dona-tion, so that Assembly will likely lay great Weight upon what you shall write, and if your Honourwill please to inclose it to me I can send it direct by the Post.
And if it were not too great boldness I would ask the favour to know the substance of what youwrite, it may be of some advantage to me.
I want also to know whether your Honour thinks it likely that this School may after a while beset up in some convenient place near you accommodated with three or four Towns of w r ell chosenInhabitants. I understand that some of our People are about to settle our new Purchase on Sus-quahannah River, if it does not disoblige and prejudice the Indians I shall be glad, and it may be ifthat settlement should go on a Door may open for my Design on that Purchase, but your Honourhas full understanding of the affair, and interested therein, and I can rely with greater Safety onyour Judgment and Counsel than any other mans.
Joseph and the rest of the Boys are well, studious and diligent. I hope you have received a LineI sent you a few weeks ago, and that you will be able to send me the English Youth of whomI wrote if you esteem him likely and suitable for the Purpose.
I pray your Honour to excuse the Trouble I so often give you, and believe that I am
With Sincere Respect Your Honours
P. S. Being yet weak after a lit of sickness Most obedient and most
I am obliged to write you by the hand humble servant
of my Pupil. Eleazer Wheelock.
REVD. DR. P0MR0Y TO SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON .
Hebron Septembr 8 th 1762.
Sir The Fame of your Humanity, & Benevolence in general; and especially, what, I have more,lately heard by Mr. Wheelock, of your forwardness to encourage the Indian School, under his careemboldens me to trouble your Hon r with a Line, or two, in Favor of that truly noble, & charitableDesign—and as I am perswaded, you will rejoice at an opportunity to do good to your fellow-men,advance the Interest of Christs Kingdom among the Heathen Nations, and more firmly attach themto the Crown of great Brittain; and as I am somewhat concerned, in the Important affair of s dschool, so I wo’d now earnestly bespeak your Patronage of it; not Dou’ting but that you will beable in various ways to subserve the truely generous Design.
M r Wheelock, having acted hitherto very much alone, in the Important Business, and his truecharacter not very universally known ; It appears reasonable, those who encourage him in it, sho’dhave some proper testimonials of his qualification for it, I therefore now take the freedom to transmityou Inclosed in this; a Coppy of a Letter of Recommendation, sent to Mr. Debert, Merchant InLondon ; The perusal, whereof may possibly give you all the satisfaction, at present necessary, andexcuse from troubling you any further, Him, w 7 ho is, with the utmost Respect
Your Honour’s most sincere, most obedient, and very Hum ,e ser nt
To Sir William Johnson Baronet . Benjamin Pomroy.
*** Rev. Dr. Pomroy, brother-in-law of the Rev.Eleazer Wheelock, graduated at Tale in 1733, and was ordained in 1735.Be served as a Chaplain in the French and Revolutionary wars, and died at Hebron, Dec., 1784, aged 80 years. He is reprr ■sented as one of the best preachers of his day.— Alien.