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same footing with Mr. Moore - the sallary from the Church being al- lowed to both, and as to the perquisites arising from the parochial Duties, the Clergyman who performs the Duty to receive the Emolument.
The office of Rector being thus abolished, and all precedence and superiority done away, the Clergy of the Church for the time being, to be considered as members of the Corporation, and that, at least one of them be always present, in order to Constitute a Board.
That if these Propositions are acceded to, then the whole Interest of the Episcopal Church to be united to prevail upon the Legislature to remove any doubts that may arise from the Ceremony of inducting the Rector heretofore practiced, by declaring the advowson donative, instead of presentative in the Church Wardens and Vestrymen.
Also to declare, that instead of a Rector with Peculiar Privileges the officiating clergy be upon a footing of Equality, and to make any alteration in the Stile which the change of Government may render proper."
To the preceding Propositions the following answer was received :
"At a meeting of the associated Episcopalians at the Long Room in the Coffee House on Monday Evening 5th Jany 1784 Resolved - That the Propositions from the Persons Stiling themselves the Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Trinity Church for the purpose of accom- modating the differences among the members of the Episcopalian Church, are wholly inadmissible.
(Signed) JAS. DUANE, Ch.
Ordered that the above resolutions be delivered to Mr. Bache."
The Act of the Honourable Council, to whom the Petition before mentioned was presented, has been printed & is known to all men.
The Possession of all & every the Estate of the Corporation of Trin- ity Church was, agreeably to this ordinance delivered to the Gentlemen appointed for that purpose-These gentlemen after having received the keys of two chests of state belonging to the said church returned them to M' Moore, and at the same time informed him that it was their wish & desire that he should continue to officiate in the Church as usual.
On the 2".ª of Feby, the Rev M' Provost came to Town. On the Evening of the 5th Feby M! Moore received the following letter
" NEW YORK, 5th Feby 1784.
REVEREND SIR,
The Reverend Mr. Provost has been pleased in compliance with
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our Invitation, to take the charge of the Episcopal Churches in this City, and we have delivered him the Keys.
We by no means wish to abridge your usefulness in a Congre- gation where you have many friends. The object of this Letter is only to apprize you that Mr. Provost in future will have the direction in the same manner as it was exercised by former Rectors.
We are Reverend Sir
· Your most humble Servts.
(Signed) JAS. DUANE WM. DUER LEWIS MORRIS DANL. DUNSCOMB
WM. BEDLOW JOHN RUTHERFORD
Rev. MR. BENJ. MOORE."
To which Letter the following answer was returned. " NEW YORK, 7 Feby 1784.
GENTLEMEN,
I have received a Letter from you, in which you inform me 'that the Rev'd Mr. Provost, in compliance with your Invitation, has taken the Charge of the Episcopal Churches in this City, and that you have delivered him the Keys.' Upon looking at the ordinance of Council of 12th Jany last, I find that nine gentlemen (whose names are there mentioned) or any five of them, are authorized 'to take possession of all and every the Estate of the Corporation of Trinity Church in the City of New York, to be by them retained and kept until such Time as further legal Provision shall be made in the Premises.'
As your Authority is confined to this Business Solely, I am at a loss to know whence you derived the Power to introduce a Clergyman into this Parish, and to invest him with a right 'to have the direction in the Same Manner as it was exercised by former Rectors.'
It is indeed true, and I speak of it with gratitude and pleasure that I have, in the Congregation, many friends. For near Ten Years past I have discharged my duty among them faithfully, I hope advantageously ; and could I be treated with the same degree of Respect and Confidence that these men are, should be most happy to continue my services.
Not being permitted to go into the Church but under the direc- tion of the Rev. Mr. Provost, and not being inclined to do anything that may be construed into an implied acknowledgment that my Claim
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to the Rectorship is annulled, I shall beg leave, for the present, to decline officiating in the Churches until Some further legal Provision is made. I am, gentlemen,
Your most humble servt. (Signed) BENJ. MOORE.
James Duane, Wm. Duer, Lewis Morris, Danl. Dunscomb, Wm. Bedlow and John Rutherford, Esquires."
Since the above Letter the Rev. Mr. Provost has exercised the Powers vested in him by the Committee, and the Rev. Mr. Moore has - declined officiating.
It ought to have been mentioned before, that when the debate before the Council was finished and before their decision was pub- lished, Coll Hamilton, who had supported the cause of the Vestry, at their desire waited upon the Chancellor with the proposal, That if the Gentlemen in opposition would consent to accommodate the Matter, one Church Warden and Ten Vestrymen would immediately resign their Places and proceed to elect others who might be unexcep- tionable.
Endorsement on Document 2404.
A Petition of John Charlton, Thos. Moore, and others, who Stile themselves Vestrymen, with a State of Facts relative to the Episcopal Congregation in the City of New York.
In Assembly 21st Feby 1784 Read and committed to a committee of the Whole House to be taken into Consideration with the Bill for mak- ing alterations in the Charter of the Corporation of Trinity Church.
In Senate 24 Feby 1784 Committed with the Bill for the Corpora- tion of Trinity Church.
II.
PETITION FOR CONFIRMATION OF CERTAIN WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN.
[DOCUMENT 2405.]
" To the honorable Senate and Assembly of the State of New York in Legislature convened :
The Petition of the Subscribers Members of the Episcopal Church in the City of New York
Humbly sheweth
" That your Petitioners have elected to be Churchwardens
Confirmation of Wardens and Vestrymen
James Duane
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris
Isaac Sears
Anthony Griffiths
Daniel Dunscomb
Hercules Mulligan
William Bedlow
Marinus Willet
William Duer
John Stevens
John Rutherford
Robert Troup
Anthony Lispenard
Thomas Tucker
Thomas Grennell
Joshua Sands
Thomas Tillotson
Richard Morris
Christopher Miller
to be Vestrymen of the said Church.
"Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that the Legislature will be pleased to insert the names of the persons above mentioned as the Church Wardens and Vestrymen of the said Church in the Bill now depending before your honorable Houses respecting the Charter of the said Church.
" And your Petitioners shall ever pray etc.
Christo Duychinck
Leonard Lispenard Jun' Grove Bend
Jno. Fisher
E. Blagge
Thomas Witter
Jacob Arden
Peter Hughes
David Man
Jacob Hallett
Gabriel Furman
W Morton
Pat McDavitt
James Jarvis
Samuel Tuder
W" C. Bradford
George Fisher
Corn: Bradford
Leonard Lispenard Ter:
James West
Cornelius Haight John Howland
Edward Phelon
John Hunt
Anthony L. Bleecker
I. Kemper Jun! Dan! Kemper
John Conway John De La Mater
James M. Hughes Jacob Morris James Bleecker
Patt. Dennis
David Provoost James Nicholson Jnº Cozine
Will™ Leary George Hopson William Talman
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Robert R. Livingston } and
Jonathan Pearsel James Prince John Pintard
Lawrence Burras
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Robert Morris Jun!
John Talman
Nich$ H. Bogart
James Brueys
Thomas Sanders
WT Newton
B. Blagge
Eben! Young
Jacob Tabele
Theod. Fowler
Thomas Smith
William Post
John Carrow
Gerard J. Beekman
Richª Deane
John Wood
Edwª Antill
Jnº Blagge
Jameson Cox
Mor:' Lewis
Tho® Betitha Jo: Stringham
Joseph Wallis
John Tanner
Jnº Staples
Aaron Dow
Rich Sibley
Davis Hunt
John Cape
Henry Newton
Richª Penny
Peter Arell
Benja. Douglass
Tho' Lawrance
E" Raymond
Bartho:"" Fisher
Tho! Turner
William Ketcham
George Scott
A. Lawrence
Tho: Randall
Paul R. Randall
Sam! Fraunces
Tim' B. Mount
Andrew Fraunces
Timothy Wood
W" Mooney
Abraham Bogart
William Tapp
Arnout Cannon
I. O. Crimsheir 1
Dan! Dunscomb J!
John Fleming
James van Brakle
W !. Simmons, for myself & Father John Simmons Jaº Fairlie
George Yeamans
George Leaycraft
John Leaycraft
John Amory
WT Leaycraft
Gar: Roorbach
James Giles Wª Deane
Endorsement on Document 2405.
A Petition of Leonard Lispenard, Junior, Grove Bend, and others. Shewing that they have chosen the persons therein named to be Church Wardens and Vestrymen and praying that their names may be inserted in the Bill for making alterations in the Charter of Trinity Church."
1 Very hard to decipher.
Gifford Dalley
Petition for a Separate Church
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In Assembly 21st Feby., 1784. Read and Committed to a Committee of the whole House with the Bill last mentioned. In Senate 24th Feb., 1784. Committed with the Bill for the Corporation of Trinity Church."
III.
PETITION OF THE OLD VESTRY AND THEIR FRIENDS FOR THE ENDOWMENT OF A SEPARATE CHURCH (DOCUMENTS 2406-2411).1
DOCUMENT 2406.
John Haskin
Tho: Hill
Anthony Minnes
Jnº Livingston
John Foreman
Sam! Donaldson
Eliezer Heywood
John Lewis
W" Southgate
Daniel Lawrance
Richard Leaycraft
Elias Lewis
Jnº Healy
Joshua Slidell
Charles J. Luling
Abraham Russel.
Moses Rogers
W" Bush
Comfort Sands
David Beckman
Peter Corne
W! Seton
Isaac Gouverneur Jun!
John Lewis J! John Douglas
Endorsement on Document 2406.
Memorial and Petition of John Haskins and 24 others. No. I.
In Senate 5th March, 1784. Read and referred to a Committee of the Whole.
DOCUMENT 2407.
The petition is verbally identical with that of Doc. 2406, but has appended to it the following signatures :
Benje Hildreth
Richard Somarindike
Timothy Russel
Robt. Woods
John Webb
Stephen Hilliken
John Gallaudatt
James Bryan
Elna Hoyt
Edward Moonney
1 For the text of this petition see pp. 28 and 29.
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Peter Hegeman
Michael Hennigar
John Fowler
Samuel Ellis
Abraham Bogart
Obade Cooper
Lawrence Lacy
James Savage
Jameson Cox John Brunckhorst
John Forrester
John Griffiths
William Mooney
Barnet Savage
We Ustick
Richard Mulheran
Isab Rogers
Jos. Towers
Joshua Pell Ju"
John Wallace
Mangle Minthorne
Rem. Rapelje
William Smith Peter Miller
Jacob Tyler
Samuel Maghee
Thomas Moore
E. Coffin
Dan! Badcock
Eben! Putnam
Henry Rogers
Francis Johnson
Evert Bush
Endorsement on Document 2407.
The Petition of Benje Hildreth & 43 others
Nº 5.
In Senate March 10. 1784
Ordered to' taken into consideration with the 4 first Petitions en- tered on the journals the 5th Inst.
DOCUMENT 2408.
Petition same as in 2406 and 2407 ; with the following signatures :
James Egberts
John Teare
Jonathan Clark
John Hitcock
Jacob Crocheron
William Laight
Moses Egberts
Edward Laight
Peter Van Allen
Ab Walton
Thomas Cumpston
Harry Peters
James Postlethwaite
W" Walton
William Burtsell
Joseph Rose
Frederick Cockle
Frauncis Dominick
1 Sic.
Archª Herly
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Petition for a Separate Church
E. K. Roston
Christopher Halstead
Daniel Tooker
John Acklay
Philip Kissick W" Hopson
W" Walton Jun!
George Hopson
Huyb! C: V. Wagenen
Wm Newton
Stephen Sands
William H. Smith
Wm Ustick Jun!
W" Morewood
Peter Ustick
James Warner
Benj" Stout Jun!
William Post
Nicholas Carmen
Sam! Farmar
And Gautier 1
Philip Caswell Tho: Maule
Alexander Ogsburg
Carlile Pollock
Robert Roberts
William Urquhart
Joseph George
Robert MCCormick
Peter McLean Jun!
John Fowler
William Ellison
Henry Stanton
Jacob Sherred Stephen Cranford Ab™ Ten Eyck
W" C. Hulett
Thomas Burrows
Wm Donaldson William M'Carter
Abraham Bond
James Crofts John Fleming
Rob! Allison
Anthony Pell
Robert Carr
Anthony Ackley Edward Nicolls John Elleson J!
Anthony Ford
Robert Giles
John Webster
Joshua Carr
Nath Shaler Robert MCGinnis
William McGinnis
John White Jcub Moore Michael Moore Joh" Armour Sam! Armour Matthew Redett Rob! Relay Henry Relay
1 These two signatures are partly erased.
Abraham Decker
Gideon Garstang
Dan Gautier1
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Endorsement on Document 2408.
Memorial & Petition of James Egbert & SI others
Nº 2
In Senate 5th March 1784
Read & referred to a Committee of the whole.
DOCUMENT 2409.
Petition same as in 2406, 2407, and 2408, with the following signa-
tures :
William W. Ludlow
James Barclay
James Desbrosses
Peter Luqueer
Peter Goelet
W" Maxwell
John Goelet
P: re Stuyvesant
William Ludlow
Jn. McKenney
Robert Watts
Peter P. Goelet
Cha: Ludlow
Andrew Hamersley
Thos Bridgen Attwood
Theophylact Bache
John Marston
George Ludlow
Thomas White
Fran: Groome
Gab. W. Ludlow
Mich! Husk
Ang. V: Horne
Oliver Templeton
James Stuart
Fred Jay
Stephen B. Brown
Tho: Roach
William Brown
William Richardson Jun!
John Pine
Albin Cox
Robt Smyth
George Olive
Jn. King
Hugh Smith
Andrew Kerr
Benj" Waddington
(Name worn out by fold of sheet)1
I. Pierrepont
John Charlton
Joshua Waddington
Fran: Panton
Henry Waddington
Francis Panton Jun!
James Bungan
Thos Lynch
W" Wickham
Sam! Brownejohn
George Dominick John Bard
William Burton
John Miller
W" Rhinelander
John Shaw
Richd Sharpe
John Onderdonk Stephen Rapalje
1 Possibly James Jacobs.
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John Jones Joshua Jones Augustus Nicoll his Tho + Welch mark Jas Muirson
Adolph Philipse
John Taylor
Jarvis Roebuck
Richard Bayley
W" Thomas
John De Lancey
Charles Robertson
Sam! Nicoll
Ja: G. Cummings
Geo. Collis
John Yonge
Charles Stewart
William Yonge
Daniel Aymac
Thos Shepherd
Henry Shingler
Samuel Rogers
George Wilt
G. Cummings
Samuel Sackett
Daniel Ruckel
John Amory
Andrew Mercein
William Taylor Jun!
Thomas Bruen
James Stewart
Martin Cregier
Charles Burrows
John Lagear
Thos. Bayeux
Silas Totten
Frans Child
Joseph Totten
John Ten Eyck
Ephraim Totten
John Penon
James Seamans
Aaron Lynn
Oliver Waldron 1
Frank Atkinson
John Christian Puntzius
Endorsement on Document 2409.
Memorial & Petition of William W. Ludlow & 102 others. Nº 3.
In Senate 5th March 1784
Read and referred to a Committee of the whole.
DOCUMENT 2410.
Petition same as in 2406, 2407, 2408, and 2409 ; with the following signatures :
Cha: Shaw Thom! Ellison W. Eules
Aug: V. Cortlandt Anthony Bolton John Clark
1 Really 104 names
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J. Shaw
James Wilkes
Mikel T. Reiley
Jno. Leake
John Slidell Philip Kearney
Charles Phillips
J. Mallet
Alexander Clark
John Clark
David Coutant
George Walgrove
Philip Wiley
John Nicoll
John Clark Jun!
Henry King
John Richardson
Robert Cheesman
Benj. Haight
John Aymar
George Webster
James Callow
George Stanton
John Staple
Wm. Kirby
Moses Smith
Charles Arding
Daniel I. Ebbetts
Sam. Bayard Jun!
Thomas Lowrey
James Hallett
Edward Agar
Joseph Kingsland
John Houseman
Charles Kingsland
Abraham Bankear
Henry Grigg
Edward Nicoll Jun!
Thomas Grigg
Sam! Doughty
John Grigg
John Doughty
John Foxcroft
Edward Doughty
John Sidell
Peter Coorleer
John Carne
John Anderson
Adam Watson
A. V. Duzer
Thos. F. Kipp
James Tillary
Geo. Warner
Benjamin McDowell
George Walgrove Jun!
Hugh McDowell
Thos. Randall
Thomas Barrow
John Long
David M. Clarkson
Sam! Bayard
Robert Dale
Jno. Ferrers
John Wilkins
Edmª Seaman
James Wills
James Waters
David Ogden Jun!
Jas Elliott
Robt. Eliott
Gabriel H. Ludlow Peter Markie
Thomas C. Murphy
Tho Skinner
W^ Lorton
Martin Hoffman Jun!
John Codington
Benjamin Seaman Jun!
John Jordan
Joseph Stevens Daniel Ebbetts
John McKenahan
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Wm Whittle
Samuel Furdon
John Parker
Wm Day
Samuel Clapp
Daniel Drake
Jnº W. Vredenburgh Francis I'ans
W. Giffing
Wm. Scandrell
Will Cock
Robert Carter
William Williams
Jacob Doughty
Daniel Coen
D. Downes
Henry Seaman
John Harding
Israel Bedell
Francis Giffing
James Wells Jun!
Thomas Paul
Nicholas Wells
Nic: Fletcher Jun!
William Wells
Obad! Bowne
Wm Leslie
And" Bowne
Garrit Van Horne
Fredrick Bowne
Aug. V. V. Horne Jacob Bodin
Michael Price
James Moore
Daniel MºNeal
Joseph Caverly
Lalling Carpenter
Richard Chan% Moore
Endorsement on Document 2410.
The memorial & Petition of Chas Shaw & 125 others.
No. 4 In Senate 5th March 1784
Read and referred to a Committee of the whole.
DOCUMENT 24II. (Endorsement)
Memorial & Petition of Benj" Ross & 40 others Nº 6.
In Senate March 1och 1784
Ordered to be taken into consideration with the 4 first Petitions entered on the Journals the 5" inst.
Petition same as in 2406, 2407, 2408, 2409, and 2410, with the fol- lowing signatures :
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Benjamin Ross Francis Cooley Daniel Lawrence John Titus John Degroot
Isaac De La Mater
Thos. Longworth
Francis Leonard
Robert Leonard
Samuel Bradhurst
John Ackley
John Richardson George French
Morris Earle
Abijah Clark
Wm. Dudley
Wª Brown
Francis Russell
William Harris
James Youle
Robert Fordham
John Youle .
John Fenton.
John Baldwin
Sam! Godwin
John Ming
Samuel Walgrove
Leonard Rogers
William Gerard
Rob' Bruce
Thomas Ming
Henry Rogers
John Utt
Lewis Rogers
Jonas Utt
Jonathan Skinner
John Wiley
Documents 2412, 2413, and 2414 have been given in full on pages 86, 87, and 88.
The original memorial referred to on pp. 89 and go of text has since been found in the MSS. volume-Assembly Papers from 1780 to 1831, folio 51. It corresponds with the text as printed in the New - York Packet, of February 28, 1785.
The document is, however, wrongly indexed, being placed under "lands ceded to the State of Vermont."
Joseph Wallis Robert Hill John Murry
And". Morris
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Ordination of Samuel Provoost
IV.
ORDINATION OF SAMUEL PROVOOST TO THE DIACONATE.
(Certified extract from the Registry of the Diocese of London.)
dOHSIS
REGISTRY
EXTRACTED from the Registry of the Diocese of London at Doctors' Commons.
Ordination Book 1675 to 1809.
ORDERS Sacred and General celebrated and conferred by the Right Reverend Father in God RICHARD by Divine Permission LORD BISHOP OF LONDON in the Chapel Royal within the palace of S' James's on the twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty six.
Deacons Samuel Provoost, A. B. of S: Peter's College Cambridge. H. E. T.
Harry W. Lee Registrar.
V.
ORDINATION OF SAMUEL PROVOOST TO THE PRIESTHOOD.
(Certified extract from the Registry of the Diocese of Chester.)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that from the records of the Diocese of Chester it appears that the Reverend Samuel Provoost A. B. was ordained Priest by the Bishop of Chester at an Ordination held at Whitehall on Palm Sunday the Twenty third day of March One thousand seven hundred and sixty six.
WITNESS my hand this Eleventh day of Sept! one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine.
John Gamon
Registrar of the Diocese of Chester.
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VI.
RELATING TO DR. PROVOOST'S RESIDENCE AT EAST CAMP.
COPY OF A DEED FROM SAMUEL PROVOOST.
East Camp, where Dr. Provoost resided, is now Germantown. Columbia County was formed from Albany County in 1786. The earlier records of Germantown were kept in Albany until about the year 1800. Mr. Erastus Coons of Germantown has kindly endeavored to fix the present locality where Dr. Provoost resided, but unfortunately. - has been unable to do so. He has gone over a number of old convey- ances but without finding any reference to Dr. Provoost. For a time land was conveyed by reference to the number of lot on the map of the Camp, and afterward these small lots were merged in larger farms and the conveyances were made by general description.
Enquiries among the oldest persons in the neighborhood have failed to elicit any information, there being no recollection or tradition of any such person as Provoost living there. Mr. Coons has in his possession the original map made by Cadwallader Colden in 1740 of the 6000 acres known as the Camp. The map is very old and the lines in places indistinct, but most of the lots can be traced. The accompanying tracing of a small portion of the map shows Lot 128, referred to in the following deed, and the shaded part indicates the parcel believed to be mentioned in the deed. The adjoining lots seem to correspond with the references in the deed except that Lot 130 bounding it on the west seems to be a mistake. Lot 84 mentioned in Dr. Provoost's letter lies about one half mile east of Lot 128, and lies north of what is designated as the Church lot on the old map. This Lot 84 is a tract of swamp and woodland. Lot 128 and all in that vicinity are occupied largely with fruit and are among the best in town. There is a brick house considerably over one hundred years old in the vicinity of this parcel of 128.
To all people to whom these presents shall come .---
Samuel Provoost of the Camp in the. . Co. of Alb. and
the consideration of 5£ Current money of the. . him in hand paid by Samuel Miller of said place. said yoeman . and there- with do acknowledge to be. . fied and of every part
thereof. Do. Give Grant, Bar unto the said Samuel Mil- ler and his Heirs and As. of Lott No. 128. lying within the Camp. The said parcel or piece of land of Lott No. 128
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Hudson
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FROM COLDEN'S MAP, A.D. 1740.
THE SHADED PART INDICATES THE PARCEL BELIEVED TO BE DEEDED BY DR. PROVOOST.
River
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Deed from Samuel Provoost
Being Bounded to the Eastward by a Road, to the Southward by Jacob Beyer No. 153. to the Westward by Andreas Mathews No. 130. and to the North by Johannes Blass. No 140. containing about 2. Rood more or less which pieces of land are numbered situated and of such shape or form as they are delineated in a map of 6000. acres signed by Cad- wallen Colden Esq. Surveyor General of the Province of New York dated the ninth day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty One.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twelfth day of May in the Fourteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third"
Sam! Provost.
Signed Sealed and Delivered. In the presence of
Jacob Salbach Samuel Miller
Henry Hyser 1
It was through the following draft of a letter which is on the back of one of Dr. Provoost's sermons that not only Lot 128, but most probably the portion of that lot mentioned in the above deed has been located.
" DI SIR,
"I received your letter and now send the deeds you request, from what Lincoln tells me I believe there is the mistake you mention in the number of the Lots. You can rectify it if you please in what ever manner you think convenient, for fear of any farther2 error please to be careful. Neither of the Lots which are to be made over to me in the room of No. SĄ Should be the Lot of Woodland which has since escheated to his Majesty. We have so little news in general at the Camp this Season of the year that I think myself much obliged to you for the intelligence you were kind enough to send me. Mrs Provoost joins in Compliments to your family."
1 The dotted spaces indicate where the deed is illegible either from being torn or worn.
This deed is in the possession of the Lutheran Church of Germantown, N. Y.
? This part originally read as follows :
" for fear of any farther error it may be necessary to acquaint you that neither of the Lots which are to be made over to me in the room of Nº S4 should be the Lot which belonged to Ogilby of woodland which Shoemaker gave a deed for to Ogilby and which has since escheated to his Majesty."
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VII.
A LIST OF THE MS. SERMONS BY DR. PROVOOST KNOWN TO BE IN EXISTENCE.
SERMONS IN THE POSSESSION OF GENERAL JAMES GRANT WILSON.
Placed in the order in which, according to their indorsement, they were first delivered, with notes as to what extraneous matter has been written on the blank pages.
(1) January 11, 1767. St. Paul's, Morning. Trinity Afternoon. August 9, 1767. St. George's.
Sept. 19, 1784. St. Paul's Morning. St. George's Afternoon. (Psalm cxxxix., 3.)
At the end there are four litany petitions for the success of the American cause.
(2) March 29, 1767. St. George's Morning. Trinity Afternoon. 1789. April 5. Morning St. Paul's.
(I Peter iii., 13.)
At the end draft of a letter to Count Claudio Rengone.
(3) Trinity Sunday, 1767. Trinity Church Morn. St. Paul's Afternoon.
Trinity Sunday, 1771. St. George's Afternoon.
Trinity Sunday, 1785. St. Paul's M. St. George's A. Trinity Sunday, June 8, 1800. St. George's, St. Paul's. (Deut. xxix., 29.)
At the end three paragraphs relating to the war.
(4) November 22, 1767. St. George's Morning. December 6, 1767. St. Paul's Morning. Trinity Afternoon. June 20, 1784. St. George's Afternoon. (Hebrews iii., 13.)
At the end a letter to " Dear Sir " recommending Dr. Law's Theory of Religion. And a writing copy set for some child, probably for Maria Bousfield or Charlotte Davies, as these names are written there. And on the last page a quotation as to the value of knowledge.
(5) July 31, 1768. St. Paul's Morning. St. George's Afternoon. August 14, 1768. Trinity Afternoon.
June 12, 1785. St. George's M. St. Paul's Afternoon.
January 26, 1800. St. George's, St. Paul's. February 9, iSoo. Trinity.
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