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Letter to the Secretary of the Society.
REVD SR .- On the other Half of this Sheet you will find my Notitia &c. By adding 52 persons & Children I baptized this half year to 86 baptized the last half year it appears yt I have baptized 138 in the last Twelve months. My churches are full every Sunday even at this Time of the year but in Summer they will not hold the people so yt I am often forced to preach in the Church Yard under a Shady Tree. But as to the people of the Town of Lewes in Particular who are a small mixture of all persuasions (Churchmen Quakers Presbyterians Whitefieldians i. e. Enthusiasts & Freethinkers) I must not conceal
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from you that they are for the most part a sad set of Mortalls I cannot give you a better idea of them yn to imagine yourself at Deal or Dover. They have lately beat the King's Coll. when in the Xn of his office almost blind and because at his request I read an Act of Parliament appointed to be read in Churches tho' they cannot for shame beat me yet they have not spared to ridicule me behind my back And have laid a Plot to starve me For tho' yesterday at the Church of Lewes, I had a full congregation yet when my Subscription was handed about for the Current Year Most of the People went out without signing a penny. Only Ten persons among them staid & subscribed Ten pounds Five Shillings currency among them equal to about £6 8s. 0d. Sterling But what is in the bottom of all this I am told by my Friends & I greatly suspected it is because when I was summoned before the Commissioners in Chancery above a Year ago in the Cause depending between Ld Baltimore & Mr. Penn I was obliged to declare upon Oath some Truths which it seem make against the Pennsylvanians, so that their creatures & Dependants have made a Party & laid this Scheme. I have kept my temper and I hope shall keep it not murmuring nor offering to return Evil for Evil. But shall study to be quiet & mind my own Business. When you write again be pleased to let me know what the Hon Society sais about my petition for some allowance for serving Distant Churches as menconed in my last. I remain Revd Sr Yor Most Obedt & Hum Servt WM BECKET. MAR 29, 1742.
Letter to the Secretary of the Society.
REVD SR .- I acqted you in my last of March 29 with the State of my Parish (a whole County) and it is much in the same state as yet viz. My Churches are full on Sundays & Holidays & in the Summer my Churches (4 in number) will not hold the Congregations, so yt I am often obliged to preach under the green Trees for the want of Room & the sake of fresh Air & Shade
Pray Sr excuse me to the Treasuries for drawing quarterly this year. My Necessities urged me I carried my only Son to the Grammar School in Philada (a hopeful youth of 15) in May who dyed alass on the 4th of July of a Bloody flux, and I had no way to pay the necessary Charges but by trespassing on the Hon Societies goodness .- This is a sad Sub- ject & my tears will not suffer me to write any more upon it. Be so good as to lay before the Hon Society my Petition to have something allowed for visiting distant Churches. There is no Clergyman yt lives within 50 or 60 miles of me and I sometimes every year am several days from Home on this very Acct. and have many times travelled from 60 to 100 miles as Reason & Necessity have required I have the pleasure to acqt. you now yt Enthusiasm abates as fast as it once in- creased here Mr. Whitefield's followers have recanted some of them (the most considerable, in Print. And the truth is your Missionaries have conquered & convinced them not so much by opposition as by Patience and by Studying to be quiet and to mind their own Business. You will find my last year's Notitia on the other half Sheet. So wish- ing yt all of us may be found worthy in Some measure of the Sacred trust reposed in us at the great Day I remain Revd Sr Yor most Obedt Hum Servt WM B.
LEWES IN PENNS., Sept 26, 1742.
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1742 .- "The Reverend Mr Becket, the Society's Missionary at Lewes, writes, that his Churches, (four in number) are full on Sundays, & in the Summer-season he is often obliged, for want of air & room, to preach under the green Trees; & now Enthusiasm abates as as fast as it did once increase there. The Truth is, as Mr. Becket well observes, that the Societys Missionaries have conquered it not so much by Opposition as by Patience, & a strict observance of the Apostolical Precept of studying to be quiet & to do their own business.
SUBSCRIPTION LIST TO BUY WILLIAM BECKET A FARM.
We whose Names are here unto subscribed do promise to pay or cause to be paid to Wm Becket Missionary at Lewes or Order the several Sums annexed to our respective Names in Money or Country produce within the space of twelve months from the date hereof in Order to enable him to buy the Plantation of Mr. Samuel Davis in Angola Neck for his better settlement & support among us.
Witness our hands this 25th day of March 1732. Note of the said William Becket shall hereafter leave this County & accept of another Parish he doth oblige himself hereby to repay to the Ch Wardens the sums which the people respectively advance towards supporting the next Minister of the Ch of England which shall be his Successor in the Sd County.
Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred.
Henry Brooke. £5 Os.
0d.
Anderson Parker
3.
0
0
Simon Kollock.
5 0 0
Ryves Holt .
3 0 0
Jacob Kolloch
5 0 0
John Jacobs.
3 0 0
Richard Henman
5 0
0
Jonathan Baily
5
0
0
John Clowes
3 0 0
John Welbore (Parish Clerk)
1
0 0
Joseph Pemberton
3
0 0
Cornelius Wiltbank.
2 0
0
Thomas Bluett (Attorney)
2
0
0
William Field.
3
0
0
Henry Fisher.
3
0
0
Jacob Willbank
2
0
0
Abraham Hood
1 0
0
John Aston .
0 15
0
Comfort Jenkyns
1
0
0
Jane Hirons
1
0
0
Maria Kollock
2
0
0
John Hubrey.
1
0
0
Robt Smith (a Presbyterian)
3
0
0
Jacob Phillips
4
0
0
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Indian River Hundred.
John Prettyman
£2
Os.
0d.
Woodman Stoakly
2
0
0
William Warrington
1
0
0
Geo Parker.
1
0
0
Wm Burton ..
1
10
0
Peter Robinson.
1
0
0
Wm Williamson.
0
10
0
Elias Hauzer
0
12
0
Wm Burton, Junr.
0
15 0
Geo Venam .
0
10 0
John Hill.
0
10 0
John Smith .
0
5
0
Robt Smith.
0
5
0
Wm Woodstock.
0
10
0
Richd Paremore.
0
10
0
Saml Carey
0
18
0
Wm Waples.
2
0
0
Saml Hauzer.
0
10
0
Richd Poultney (a Quaker)
1
10
0
Wm Prettyman.
1
10
0
Ben Stockly.
1
5
0
Ann Burton (widow)
2
0
0
John Parsons
1
5
0
Thomas Leatherbury.
1
0
0
Job Barker.
2
0
0
Alexr Herring
1
0
0
Thomas Marriner
1
0
0
William Marriner
0
10
0
James Fox.
0
10
0
Hen Brereton
1
0
0
Francis Wolfe.
0
10
0
Cord Hazard.
0
10 0
Thomas Warrington
1
0
0
Oliver Stoakley
1
0
0
Isaac Atkins.
0
10
0
William Atkins
0
12
0
Joshua Stoakly
0
10
0
Charles Dogharty
0
10 0
Wm Hudson
0
5
0
Jno. Williams.
0
10
0
Wm Butler.
0
5
0
John Walls
0
10
0
John Price.
0
6
0
Saml Hudson
0
6
0
Thomas Foster
0
10
0
Edwd Rickards
0
10
0
Cloud Fowler.
0
10 0
Booth Jones
1
0
0
Daniel Nalwod
0
10
0
Jos Hazard.
1
0
0
John Atkins
1
0 0
John Russel Senr
1
0
0
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SOME RECORDS OF SUSSEX COUNTY.
Wm Maccalley.
£0
10s.
0d.
William Prettyman
0
10
0
William Day Junr.
0
10 0
John Russel Junior
0
10 0
John Day.
0
10 0
Wm Robinson ..
1
0
0
Thos Marriner Junr
0
10
0
Richd Burton.
0
10
0
Thomas Bagwell.
1
0
0
William Wolfe.
0
10
0
Robt Burton.
0
5
0
Thomas Lyrah
0
10
0
Rise Wolfe
0
10
0
Cedar Creek Hundred.
William Till.
€5
Os.
0d.
John May.
2
0
0
Abraham Wyncoop
2
10
0
Saml Watson.
1
0
0
Thomas Davis Junior
1
10 0
Luke Watson
1
10
0
Nehemiah Davis
0
10
0
Saml Holburt.
7
10
0
Joseph Hickman
0
10
0
Griffith Jones
0
10
0
Thomas Price
1
0
0
Isaac Watson.
1
0
0
Caleb Cirwithen
0
10
0
Wm Carpenter.
0
10
0
John Jones.
0
10
0
Elizabeth Watson Wid.
0
12
0
Mary Watson Wid.
1
0
0
Daniel Bonler .
0
10
0
Thomas Davis Senr
1
0
0
Henry Draper
1
0
0
Alexr Draper.
5
0
0
John Hunter
1
0
0
Costen Townsend.
Joshua Hickman
0
15
0
Paris Chipman
1
0
0
Abraham Parseley
1
0
0
Thomas Goldsmith
0
10
0
Richard Jacobs
0
10
0
Ann May wid.
1
0
0
William Darnley
1
0
0
Sarah Watson Widow.
0
15
0
Christopher Phillips
0
15
0
Thomas Groves.
0
15
0
Robert Caldwell .
1
0
0
1743 .- "The Reverend Dr. Jenney, the Commissary of this Province in the room of the late worthy Mr. Commis- sary Cummings, acquaints the Society by his Letter dated
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Nov. 4, 1743, of the Death of Mr Beckett, the Society's Missionary in Lewes-Town in Sussex. This Gentleman had been fixed there by the Society in the year 1721; & from that year to the time of his Death, in the last Summer, he had laboured with great Diligence, & such Success in the Pastoral Office throughout that County, that according to the last letters received from him, the four churches in it under his care were so thronged, that in the Summer Season he was frequently obliged to preach under the green Trees for the Conveniency of Room & fresh air; he is much lamented by his congregations, & hath left behind him the character of a pious, faithful, & orthodox Pastor. The said congre- gations having petitioned the Society for the Reverend Mr Usher, the Society's Missionary at Dover in Kent County, who took care of & officiated to them during Mr. Becket's Sickness, as much as was consistent with his proper Care of the Church of Dover, to succeed Mr. Beckett in the Church of Lewes; & Mr Usher himself requesting it likewise, they have removed Mr Usher to the Church of Lewes, & appointed the Reverend Mr. Morris, lately employed by them in New Eng- land, at his own request, to succeed Mr Usher at Westchester."
COPY. LAST WIL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM BECKET.
In the name of God and of the Ever Blessed Trinity, I William Becket missionary of the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts being sound in judgment and memory but weak in body do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following: I resign up my soul to God who gave it humbly hoping for pardon and forgivness thro Jesus Christ the Savior of me and of all that believe in him, and my body I commit to the earth to be decently interred by my executors according to the rites and usages of the Church of England, and desire it may be buried between my two wives in the Church Yard of St Peters, Lewis, in hopes of a joyful resurrection at the last day.
As to my worldly estate I. dispose as follows; I will that my just debts be paid and discharged, and sence I have already given to my son-in-law William Futcher and his wife goods and chattles by build- ing him a house giving him a negro and sundry other goods to ye value of £100 for which he and his wife are very ungratefull, I give each of them and english shilling and no more of my estate.
As to my house all my buildings my pattent and warrant lands amounting to about five hundred and fifty acres I give to be equally divided between my two daughters Elizabeth and Susannah to them and their heirs forever.
My negroes Jenny and Oxford I give to my said two daughters, but order that she that hath Oxford pay to the other a reasonable price of exchange and I leave my two said daughters executrixes of this my last will and testament.
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I leave my priests habits to any of my reverend brethren that shall preach my funeral, I leave to my good old friends Ryves Holt Esq. a gold ring now on my ring finger, and to Capt. Cord Hazzard my best riding saddle that I may have at the time of my death.
I give my two daughters aforesaid, free leave to keep or dispose of my house land &c as they may see convenient but then I will that no deed of sale for the lands, till they have advised with the two Gentlemen above and the hand of one or both of them is to the deed be valid, and I desire them to be supervisors of this my last will and to advise my children for the best, I declare this to be my last will and testament having no other.
Signed sealed published and declared to be the last will and of the testator in the presence of us. WM. BECKET [SEAL.]
Tests I. P. PLASKETT ANN PLASKETT
CORNELIUS BURTON
The words Acres, Funeral, and, be valid, were interlined before the sealing and delivering hereof.
I William Becket missionary of the society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts do by this codicil to my last will and testament give and bequeath to my son-in-law William Futcher my best suit of clothes,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of August Anno Dom. 1743.
Signed and sealed in presence of. [SEAL.]
1768 .- "The Revd Dr Smith, Provost of the College of Philadelphia * * * incloses letters from the Mission of Trenton, backed by recommendation of the New Jersey clergy, in favor of Mr Thomson, who sollicits to be removed thither, as does Mr Andrews of Lewes, from Sussex on Dela- war, on account of the unhealthfulness of the place, & would gladly accept of York County, & take care of Cumberland too till another missionary can be got. In this the Society have so far Concurred, that they have given Mr Andrews leave to remove to the Mission of York & Cumberland, pro- vided he will take the whole duty upon him, as Mr Thomson did before, & promise to Continue in it without a prospect of having the Mission divided."
1769 .- "By several letters from the Revd Dr Smith, Pro- vost of the College in Philadelphia, the Society are made acquainted that due care has been taken by him of the Mis- sion at Oxford. That Mr Thomson is settled at Trenton, & Mr Andrews at Cumberland, That Mr Lyon came to see the Gloster & Waterford Mission but not finding it answer the expectations given, & there being a greater necessity that the Lewes Mission vacated by Mr Andrews, should not
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be left destitute, he with the advice of the Philadelphia Clergy, removed thither, & having since earnestly sollicited to be placed there, the Society have consented to it, being in hopes of providing soon for the Gloster mission."
1771 .- "Several letters have been received in the course of the year from the Rev. Mr Lyon, Missionary at Lewes, by which it appears that in one year he had baptized 267 white infants, 2 adult slaves, and 11 infant slaves; married 39; buried 18. That, he had been urged to go back often to the extremes of the County, where he has had large Con- gregations of grown persons, who never before attended public worship. That, his mission is growing & promises fair; & his health somewhat better; but at his first coming, he & his family suffered much by sickness, which proved fatal to his wife, & one other in the family."
1772 .- "The Reverend Mr Lyon, Missionary at Lewes, writes that he officiates in three churches, & at other times, preaches in the remote parts, as far as to the borders of Maryland."
1774 .- "Upon the joint recommendation of Dr Peters, Dr Smith, and Mr Duche, the Society have appointed Mr Tingley to the Mission of Lewes, vacated by Mr Lyon's ac- ceptance of a parish in Virginia, And they have the satis- faction to hear that he is a diligent Missionary, & highly acceptable to his People."
"The Rev. Mr Lyon, late Missionary at Lewes, acquaints the Society that between Easter & November he baptized 129 white & 6 black infants, 1 black & 16 white adults; & recommends the forest part of the mission to the attention of his successor, the Rev. Mr Tingley, by whom the Society are informed that St George's at Indian River, though not mentioned in former Abstracts, is a part of his mission, that he frequently officiates in an old ruinous church in the forest to a considerable number of poor people, who have no other opportunity of public worship; & he does this often on Sun- days, upon his return from St George's, with great fatigue to himself, that he may not take them off from their labour in the busy part of the year. During the Summer season he frequently reads prayers, preaches, & baptizes, on Mon- days, in a private house, in Cedar-Creek Forest on account of it's distance from the Church. The three Churches of his mission are in general well filled, & the people very attentive. In each of them he administers the sacrament four times
.
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a year; his Communicants are about 110; he hath baptized 202 white & 43 black children & infants, 6 white & 13 black adults; marriages 36, burials 14. On every Friday after- noon he catechises the children at Lewes & hears them repeat portions of the Psalms, which he gives them to learn every week. After the Sunday's evening service he catechizes the negroes in the church; & explains the Catechism to them in the most familiar manner."
1775 .- "By a letter of last June the Society have the first notice from Mr Tingley of his receiving his appointment to the Mission of Lewes. The delay, he says, was occasioned by the mis carriage of a letter from Philadelphia. He assures the Society of his constant attention to the duties of his office, & encloses the testimony of the church-wardens, which does honour to Mr Tingley, & induces the Society to believe that he may & will be very useful in those parts."
List of Subscribers to the building of St. Peters Church in the Town of Lewes which was raised on the 6th of October, 1722:
Hon. Sir Wm. Keith, Bart. late governor £5 Os.
5
0 0
Capt. Jonathan Bailey 5 0 0
Mr. Richard Hinman
0
5 0
Mr. Simon Kollock.
5 0
0
Wm. Becket, Missionary
5 0
0
Mr. Preserved Coggeshall.
4 0
0
Mr. Ryves Holt.
4 0
0
Mr. Jacob Kollock.
3 0
0
Mr. Anderson Parker
3 0
0
Mr. Abram Wiltbank Senr
3
1
2
Mr. William Rodeney
3
0
0
Mr. Samuel Rowland. 3
0
0
Mr. William White
2 10
0
Mr. William Asheton
1
3
8
Mr. Thos. Lawrence 1
0
712
Mr. Robert Asheton.
1
10
0
Doct. Thomas Graeme.
1
3
714
Mr. Isaac Miranda.
1
3
7 1/4
Mr. Peter Graeme.
1
3
13/
Mr. Richard Willing
1
3
7
Capt. Saml. Spofforth
11
11
Capt. Gruchee.
11
8 14
Andrew Hamilton Esq.
1
18
0
Berkley Codd, Esq.
2
6
9
Col. St. Leger Codd
1
3
12
Cornelius Wiltbank.
3
0
0
Richard Paynter
2
0
0
Capt. Thomas James.
1
3 5 1/2
:
Mr. Thomas Sober
1
3
0d.
Henry Brooke Esq
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Mr. Ebenezer Empson.
£1
0s.
0d.
Mr. Benjamin Godfrey
1
10
0
Mr. Woodman Stoakley.
1
0
0
Mr. Samuel Lowman.
1
3
6
Col. John French.
2
10
0
Capt. John Price
1
0
0
Josephi Cord.
1
0
0
Albertus Jacobs. . :
1
0
0
Nicholas Maclander
1
0
0
Jeremiah Claypoole
1
0
0
Capt. Joseph Royall.
2
0
0
William Godwyn.
1
10
0
Mrs. Martha Johnson.
2
0
0
John Russell
1
0
0
Thomas Stoakley
1
0
0
Robert Cornwall
5
0
£96
6s. 514d.
1.
and since the arrival of the Honourable Parrick Gordon, Esq. when he came to visit this part of his Government he gave five pounds towards finishing the gallery. Mr. Joseph Pemberton also has under- taken as a benefaction to this Church to cause the front of the Gallery to be wainscotted with black Walnut at his own proper cost and charge which work is now (1728) going on.
Account of the Building and state of the Churches in Sussex taken from a letter written by Wm. Becket Missionary at Lewes to the Ven- erable Society of England dated Oct. 11th. 1728. "The dimensions of the Church at Lewes is as follows, viz. 40 feet in length 24 broad, the height of the wall between the plate and sill is 15 feet. The Frame is of Wood the Roof is covered with Cypress Shingles and the wall with boards of the same wood. The inside of the Church is not yet finished, only the floor is laid, and the walls wainscotted with Cypress plank as high as the tops of the pews. The Pulpit, reading desk, Communion Table and Rail are handsomely built of black Walnut- and the pews are all made of pine plank.
The situation of this church is very pleasant standing on a rising ground in the middle of the town and having a view of Cape Henlopen grown over with cedar and fine trees which lies beyond the River of Lewes to the Eastward, sheltering the town in a great measure from the violence of the winds that blow off the great Atlantic Ocean. To the Northward and N. West we have a view of the great bay of Dela- ware. The greatest advantage of this situation is, that the N. West winds blow with full scope down Del. Bay and directly up Lewes river on the town which makes it perhaps one of the healthiest spots on the Globe-but I must not forget that I am writing an ecclesias- tical not a natural history, pardon therefore this digression and we proceed-
The number of people frequenting this church I reckon at a mean computation about 150.
The first settlers of this County, were for the far greatest part, originally English, some few however there are of Dutch families, but of late years great numbers of Irish (who usually call themselves
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Scotch Irish) have transported themselves and their families from the North of Ireland into the Province of Pennsylvania and have dis- tributed themselves into the several Counties where Lands were to be taken up, many families are settled in the County of Sussex. They are Presbyterians by profession. They have a minister here of the same Nation whom they maintain by contribution and have two meeting houses in this County, one at the Cool Spring, 8 miles distant from Lewes, another in the town of Lewes, which being much decayed they have laid the foundation of another the last year close by the old one, the building is of brick, they are now carrying it on with dilligence so that the roof is likely to be raised, as I am told before the end of this present year. The numbers of people and their respective pro- fession in my parish will be the best seen by inserting the copy of a Letter from Mr. Holt, High Sheriff of this County.
"SIR :- The Taxable inhabitants in Sussex are (at a mean compu- tation) one year with another about 420, of which 350 are heads of families viz.
Churchmen. 215
Presbyterians
120
Quakers 15
350
and allowing 5 persons to each family the number of souls will be 1750. The above is as near the truth as I can possibly come, without a strict. Poll was to be taken, I am
"Sr yr very humble Servt.
"JULY, 1728.
"RYVES HOLT"
So that according to this computation, the number of souls is as follows :
Church people 1075
Presbyterians.
600
Quakers. 75
Whole number 1750
The Quakers have one meeting house in this County 7 miles dis- tant from Lewes, but at present they have no teacher there, however they hold silent meetings, unless some travelling preacher or "friend" (as they call them) happen to come this way.
The inhabitants here live scattering generally at 1/2 a mile or a miles distance from one another except in Lewes where 58 families are settled together. The business or employment of the Country Planters is almost the same with that of an English farmer, they commonly raise wheat, Rye, Indian corn and tobacco and have store of Horses, Cows and hogs. The produce they raise is commonly sent to Philada 150 miles from here to purchase such European or West Indian commodities as they may want for their family use-or also to N. York or Boston. The people here have generally the reputa- tion of being more industrious than they of some of the neighbouring counties; this last year there was a great scarcity of corn in Mary-
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land and in this government except in this County which supplied them with large quantities in their necessity. This may be looked on as a mark of their care and diligence and an omen of their future Riches & success.
The distance of the Churches from each other is thus computed, from St. Peters at Lewes to St. Georges, South 9 miles, from St. Peters to St. John Baptists West 14 miles and from the said church to St. Matthews near N. West, 25 miles, again from St. Georges to St. John Baptists, 9 miles, from thence in a circuit Road to St. Mathews 12 miles.
But then we are a very great distance from any other churches that are supplyed with clergymen-for example my nearest neigh- bours of the clergy are the Revd. Mr. Fletcher of Somerset County in Maryland 60 miles distant, the Revd. Mr. Adams of the same County and Province 70 miles distant and the nearest Missionary to this place, is the Rev. Mr. Ross at N. Castle 115 miles distant.
The roads in my parish are very commodious for travelling, being level and sandy so that people usually come to church Winter and Summer, some 7 or 8 miles and others 12 or 14 miles which is no strange thing, but very common among the inhabitants of America.
As yet there have been no donations to the Church or Missionary here besides the annual contributions towards his support, which depend entirely upon the pleasure of the contributors; only one which I ought in gratitude to mention in this place which was a Legacy of ten pounds left me in the Last will of Berkley Codd, Esq. One of the Judges of the Supreme Court for this County, who died in the year 1724 and some other Legacies and gifts which have demonstrated, not so much the Riches, as the good will of the Donors. And that the circumstances of the people and their degree of zeal to promote the Christian Religion may be the better judged I have inserted a copy of the last Subscription towards the support of the Societies Missionary at Lewes."
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