[ Autographs ] Eli Forbes 1726-1804 American clergyman who successfully converted the Oneida Indians and established among them a church and two schools. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Gloucester, Sep. 23, 1783 to Rev. Hitchcock. In part: "'..your conduct respecting the preacher is perfectly agreeable to my mind and needs no apology... shine illustriously in that golden candlestick in which you are about to be placed, and after you have turned money to Righteousness, may shine as a star in the Firmament of Glory... "Thin mounting residue in extreme left margin, otherwise very good.