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Episode 36: I Should Be Glad To Leave The School

Episode 36: I Should Be Glad To Leave The School

Released Tuesday, 3rd January 2023
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Episode 36: I Should Be Glad To Leave The School

Episode 36: I Should Be Glad To Leave The School

Episode 36: I Should Be Glad To Leave The School

Episode 36: I Should Be Glad To Leave The School

Tuesday, 3rd January 2023
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Mary Secutor to Eleazar Wheelock, 28 July 1768 In which a woman of the Narragansett tribe politely but firmly departs from Moor's Indian Charity School. Thank you so much to my guest, Dr. Ivy Schweitzer, professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College, for telling me about this fascinating letter and the wonderful Occom Circle project! Resources: The letter, Mary Secutor to Eleazer Wheelock: https://collections.dartmouth.edu/occom/html/diplomatic/768428-2-diplomatic.html Edward Deake to Eleazer Wheelock, 21 June 1768: https://collections.dartmouth.edu/occom/html/diplomatic/768371-2-diplomatic.html Wyss, Hilary E.. "Mary Occom and Sarah Simon: Gender and Native Literacy In Colonial New England." New England Quarterly, vol. 79, no. 3, 1 Sep. 2006, pp. 387 - 412.

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