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Easter, 1871, to Easter, 1872.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans,
Lauren C. Woodruff.
VESTRYMEN.
Cyrus Clarke, Mark B. Moore,
Henry T. Gillett,
John T. Lacy, George Beals,
Dr. C. C. Wyckoff.
Howard H. Baker, George H. Smith,
John B. Seymour, Clerk.
George Beals, Treasurer.
Charles W. Evans, L. C. Woodruff, Building Committee, to complete spire of small tower of church, also the stone crosses, finials, etc.
(George Beals resigned as treasurer, and James W. Sanford was chosen in his place, September 21, 1872.)
Easter, 1872, to Easter, 1873.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans,
William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
Lauren C. Woodruff, Cyrus Clarke,
George F. Lee,
Samuel G. Cornell, Howard H. Baker, George Beals.
John Pease, George S. Hazard,
John B. Seymour, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
List of the Vestry, 1817-1903. 413
Easter, 1873, to Easter, 1874. WARDENS. Charles W. Evans, Samuel G. Cornell.
VESTRYMEN.
Lauren C. Woodruff,
George S. Hazard,
Howard H. Baker,
Cyrus Clarke, John Pease,
George Beals.
William H. Walker, George F. Lee,
John B. Seymour, Clerk.
James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1874, to Easter, 1875.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans,
William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
Lauren C. Woodruff,
Howard H. Baker,
De Witt C. Weed,
George S. Hazard, John Pease,
Cyrus Clarke.
Mark B. Moore, George Beals,
John B. Seymour, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1875, to Easter, 1876.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans, William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
Lauren C. Woodruff, George Beals,
George S. Hazard,
Cyrus Clarke, Mark B. Moore, James Sweeney.
John Pease, Howard H. Baker,
John B. Seymour, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1876, to Easter, 1877.
WARDENS.
William H. Walker. Charles W. Evans,
VESTRYMEN.
Lauren C. Woodruff,
Mark B. Moore, D. C. Godwin,
Cyrus Clarke, George S. Hazard, Augustus R. Davidson.
John Pease, Howard H. Baker,
John B. Seymour, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
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History of St. Paul's Church. Easter, 1877, to Easter, 1878. WARDENS. Charles W. Evans, William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
Cyrus Clarke, George S. Hazard,
Augustus R. Davidson,
Lauren C. Woodruff, Mark B. Moore, A. Porter Thompson.
John Pease, Howard H. Baker,
John B. Seymour, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
(George B. Dudley elected clerk, September 7, 1877, in place of John B. Seymour, deceased.)
Easter, 1878, to Easter, 1879.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans,
William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
Cyrus Clarke, George S. Hazard,
Dr. Augustus R. Davidson,
Lauren C. Woodruff, Mark B. Moore,
A. Porter Thompson.
John Pease, Howard H. Baker,
George B. Dudley, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1879, to Easter, 1880.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans, William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Lauren C. Woodruff, Mark B. Moore,
Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, George S. Hazard, Cyrus Clarke.
A. Porter Thompson,
(Seven vestrymen only. See note foot of page 123.)
William Y. Warren, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
List of the Vestry, 1817-1903. 415
Easter, 1880, to Easter, 1881. WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans, William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Howard H. Baker,
A. Porter Thompson, Henry R. Howland, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins.
Albert J. Barnard, George Alfred Stringer,
William Y. Warren, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer. Robert Wilkinson, Sexton.
(May 6, 1880, Theodore F. Welch elected clerk in place of William Y. Warren, resigned.)
Easter, 1881, to Easter, 1882.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans, William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Howard H. Baker,
A. Porter Thompson, George Alfred Stringer, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins.
Albert J. Barnard, Henry R. Howland,
Theodore F. Welch, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1882, to Easter, 1883.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans, William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, George Alfred Stringer,
A. Porter Thompson, Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Albert J. Barnard.
Howard H. Baker, Henry R. Howland,
Theodore F. Welch, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
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History of St. Paul's Church. Easter, 1883, to Easter, 1884. WARDENS. Charles W. Evans,
William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, George Alfred Stringer,
A. Porter Thompson, Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Albert J. Barnard.
Howard H. Baker, Henry R. Howland,
Theodore F. Welch, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1884, to Easter, 1885.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans,
William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, George Alfred Stringer,
A. Porter Thompson, Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Albert J. Barnard.
James R. Smith, Robert P. Wilson,
Theodore F. Welch, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1885, to Easter, 1886.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans,
William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Robert P. Wilson,
A. Porter Thompson, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, Albert J. Barnard.
James R. Smith, George Alfred Stringer,
G. Hunter Bartlett, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1886, to Easter, 1887.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans,
William H. Walker.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Robert P. Wilson,
A. Porter Thompson, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, Albert J. Barnard.
James R. Smith, George Alfred Stringer,
G. Hunter Bartlett, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
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List of the Vestry, 1817-1903.
Easter, 1887, to Easter, 1888.
WARDENS.
Charles W. Evans,
William H. Walker.
John Pease,
VESTRYMEN. Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Robert P. Wilson,
A. Porter Thompson, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, Albert J. Barnard.
James R. Smith, George Alfred Stringer,
G. Hunter Bartlett, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Easter, 1888, to Easter, 1889.
Charles W. Evans, VESTRYMEN.
WARDENS. William H. Walker.
John Pease, Dr. Augustus R. Davidson, Robert P. Wilson,
A. Porter Thompson, Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, Albert J. Barnard.
James R. Smith, George Alfred Stringer,
G. Hunter Bartlett, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
Albert J. Barnard, William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson, Dr. Henry R. Hop- kins, Robert P. Wilson, George A. Stringer, James R. Smith, Building Committee, in rebuilding the church after the fire of May 10, 1888. Charles W. Evans, senior warden, died February 8, 1889.
Easter, 1889, to Easter, 1890. WARDENS.
William H. Walker,
A. Porter Thompson.
John Pease,
James R. Smith,
VESTRYMEN. George Alfred Stringer, James Sweeney,
Robert P. Wilson, Edmund Hayes.
Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, Albert J. Barnard,
G. Hunter Bartlett, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer. William Graveson, Sexton.
Easter, 1890, to Easter, 1891.
WARDENS. A. Porter Thompson.
William H. Walker, VESTRYMEN. George Alfred Stringer, James Sweeney,
John Pease, James R. Smith, Robert P. Wilson, Edmund Hayes.
Dr. Henry R. Hopkins, Albert J. Barnard, G. Hunter Bartlett, Clerk. James W. Sanford, Treasurer.
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Easter, 1891, to Easter, 1892. WARDENS. William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, James R. Smith, James Sweeney,
Albert J. Barnard,
Robert P. Wilson,
Sheldon T. Viele.
George Alfred Stringer, Edmund Hayes,
G. Hunter Bartlett, Clerk.
Philip Joyce, Treasurer.
(February 9, 1892, Charles R. Wilson elected clerk in place of G. Hunter Bartlett, resigned.)
Easter, 1892, to Easter, 1893. WARDENS. William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, James R. Smith, James Sweeney,
Albert J. Barnard, Robert P. Wilson, Sheldon T. Viele.
George Alfred Stringer, Edmund Hayes,
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk. Philip Joyce, Treasurer.
(July 1, 1892, William A. Joyce appointed treasurer in place of Philip Joyce, resigned.)
Easter, 1893, to Easter, 1894.
WARDENS. William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
John Pease,
VESTRYMEN. James R. Smith,
Sheldon T. Viele,
Albert J. Bernard,
Edmund Hayes,
Hobart Weed.
George Alfred Stringer, James Sweeney,
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk. William A. Joyce, Treasurer. Lorenzo Harris, Sexton.
Easter, 1894, to Easter, 1895.
WARDENS.
William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN. Edmund Hayes, Sheldon T. Viele,
John Pease, Albert J. Barnard, James Sweeney, Hobart Weed.
James R. Smith, Charles R. Wilson,
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk. William A. Joyce, Treasurer.
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List of the Vestry, 1817-1903.
Easter, 1895, to Easter, 1896. WARDENS. William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Albert J. Barnard,
Edmund Hayes,
Hobart Weed,
James Sweeney,
Charles R. Wilson.
James R. Smith,
Sheldon T. Viele,
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk. William A. Joyce, Treasurer.
Easter, 1896, to Advent, 1896.
WARDENS. William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, James Sweeney,
Hobart Weed,
Albert J. Barnard, Sheldon T. Viele,
Charles R. Wilson.
Edmund Hayes, James R. Smith,
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk. William A. Joyce, Treasurer.
Advent, 1896, to Advent, 1897.
(Vestry elected on the Monday after the First Sunday in Advent, November 30, 1896, being the first election under the new rule. See page 202.)
WARDENS.
William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN.
Edmund Hayes, Hobart Weed.
John Pease, Albert J. Barnard, James Sweeney, Charles R. Wilson,
James R. Smith, Sheldon T. Viele, Dr. M. D. Mann.
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk.
W. A. Joyce, Treasurer.
Advent, 1897, to Advent, 1898.
WARDENS. William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease, Albert J. Barnard, James Sweeney, Sheldon T. Viele,
James R. Smith,
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk.
Edmund Hayes,
Hobart. Weed, Charles R. Wilson, Dr. M. D. Mann. W. A. Joyce, Treasurer.
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Advent, 1898, to Advent, 1899. WARDENS. William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
John Pease,
VESTRYMEN. Edmund Hayes, Hobart Weed,
Albert J. Barnard,
James Sweeney,
Charles R. Wilson,
James R. Smith,
Sheldon T. Viele, Dr. M. D. Mann.
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk.
W. A. Joyce, Treasurer.
Advent, 1899, to Advent, 1900. WARDENS.
William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN.
John Pease,
Edmund Hayes,
Hobart Weed,
Albert J. Barnard,
James Sweeney, Charles R. Wilson,
James R. Smith, Sheldon T. Viele, Dr. M. D. Mann.
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk.
W. A. Joyce, Treasurer.
Advent, 1900, to Advent, 1901. WARDENS.
William H. Walker, A. Porter Thompson.
VESTRYMEN.
Albert J. Barnard,
James Sweeney,
Charles R. Wilson,
James R. Smith,
Sheldon T. Viele,
Dr. M. D. Mann,
Edmund Hayes, Hobart Weed, John R. H. Richmond.
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk.
W. A. Joyce, Treasurer.
Advent, 1901, to Advent, 1902.
WARDENS.
William H. Walker, VESTRYMEN.
A. Porter Thompson.
Albert J. Barnard,
James Sweeney,
Charles R. Wilson,
James R. Smith,
Sheldon T. Viele,
Dr. M. D. Mann,
Edmund Hayes,
Hobart Weed,
John R. H. Richmond.
Charles R. Wilson, Clerk.
W. A. Joyce, Treasurer.
Advent, 1902, to Advent, 1903.
No changes in vestry at election, held Advent, December 1, 1902.
William H. Walker, senior warden, died January 4, 1903. January 12, 1903, the vestry elected Charles R. Wilson, vestryman, as warden, and E. Howard Hutchinson as vestryman. John K. Walker was elected clerk of the vestry and John M. Provoost, treasurer.
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The Architects of St. Paul's.
The Architects of St. Paul's. 1819-1890.
John Stacy appears to have been the master builder of the original frame church in 1819-1821. No architect is mentioned. The builder probably acted as such, as was customary in those early days.
The plans for lengthening the church, increasing the height of the tower, and minor changes, in the year 1828, were made by Joseph Stow.
Richard Upjohn, Sr., of New York City, the architect of Trinity Church, New York, was the architect of the new stone edifice, begun in 1849, from that date to the completion of the building in 1873.
Richard Upjohn was born at Shaftesbury, England, on the 22d of January, 1802. He came to America in 1829, bringing with him his family, his son, Richard M. Upjohn, being then one year old. He settled first at New Bedford, Mass., and in 1833 removed to Boston, soon after which he designed the entrance gateways of Boston Com- mon. Before beginning his career as an architect, he had received a thorough technical training and practical experience as a master builder. In 1839, he was called to New York City to take charge of some proposed alterations in Trinity Church, but it was decided instead to build an entirely new edifice, and the commission was entrusted to Mr. Upjohn. The new Trinity, completed in 1846, was conceded to be the most beautiful church building in the United States, and it made his name famous.
Among many other important buildings designed and built by him, are St. Thomas's Church, Trinity Chapel, the Church of the Holy Communion, the Corn Exchange Bank, and Trinity Building, New York City ; Christ and Grace Churches, and Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y .; and St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J.
In April, 1849, the rector and vestry of St. Paul's decided to adopt the plans for the new church furnished by Mr. Upjohn, and the work
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was forthwith begun. The general direction of the construction was carried on by correspondence with the building committees, from Mr. Upjohn's office in New York, and he made a number of trips to Buf- falo in order to inspect the progress of the work. These letters show that there was no minutest point about the building and finishing of the church with which Mr. Upjohn was not familiar, and which he did not direct. The actual work was done under the superintendence of men recommended by him. Thomas R. Williams, who had been in a similar responsible position in the building of other of Mr. Upjohn's churches (page 56), being engaged to look after the stone-work ; and George Riker, whom he considered as well qualified for his important position as Mr. Williams for his, was engaged to superintend all wood- work. (Page 57.) In 1854, when it was decided to resume work on the tower, porches, etc., Mr. Williams being in England, the committee engaged Robert Harron to superintend, and, after his death, the work was looked after by John A. Lipp, who had been foreman under Mr. Harron. (For builders of spire, see pages 107, 121.)
Mr. Upjohn's services as architect of St. Paul's extended over a period of twenty-four years, of course with intermissions, and all of the work was attended to personally by himself, with the exception of a few months in 1850, during a short absence in Europe, when his son, Richard M. Upjohn, advised whenever necessary. On his return he took his son into partnership, January 1, 1851, the firm being then known as Upjohn & Co. He allowed much of the business of the firm to devolve upon the younger partner, but he himself continued to look after the work on St. Paul's. He felt an affectionate pride in the church, and it is even said that he considered it his masterpiece.
Mr. Upjohn seems to have been very much in advance of his genera- tion in regard to the artistic possibilities of the building, especially in its minor details. He was most cheerfully seconded by Dr. Shelton and by members of the building committee.
The period of the '50's was not noted for the excellence of its ideas on interior decoration, which makes the more noticeable Mr.
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Upjohn's own good taste. He had a genuine insight into the artistic fitness of things, and a sensitive feeling for harmony of color with form in the buildings he designed.
His letters in regard to the effect of the proper use of stained glass in churches show this particularly. Having heard that some of the members of the congregation were intending to have their pews upholstered in whatever materials and colors they might fancy, he wrote a characteristic and justifiable letter of protest to Dr. Shelton, in September, 1851 : "People may be as fantastic as they please in their dwellings, . . but in the Church of God they have no right to show off their follies, notwithstanding they may be owners of pews. I have usually covered the seats or cushions with good, plain crimson damask,- this contrasts well with the rich-toned black walnut. The color of the carpet is the same, the figure - if any - is small and fit- ting the architecture of the church."
He always insisted, on what probably seemed strange to many at the time, that the architect had the right to control all the details of the church which he was laboring so devotedly to make, as he said, "a work of art," that should endure for long years to come. To the credit of all concerned, Mr.Upjohn's superior judgment was deferred to.
Dr. Shelton's reference to Richard Upjohn, in his first sermon preached in the new church, November 2, 1851, will be found at page 75. Numerous other references to Mr. Upjohn are scattered through the earlier pages of this book.
Bishop Coxe's Christian Ballads were first published in 1840, when Richard Upjohn was beginning his work on Trinity Church, New York. In the preface to a later edition of the Ballads, the Bishop thus refers to this earlier period : " The author must beg his readers to remember that many things which are now familiar to everybody in America were wholly unknown among us when these ballads were produced. Their author was obliged to imagine much that may now be seen in almost every part of the land. When he wrote them, there was not a church in the country which could sustain any other than the most
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moderate pretensions to architectural correctness in design or decora- tion. He had never seen more than a few panes of stained glass in a church window, nor heard a complete chime ; and there was not to be seen, on this continent, so far as he is informed, an open roof, or a well- defined chancel, or genuine aisles, or a nave with a clerestory." Of "Trinity, New Church, Ascension Day, 1846," he wrote :-
" Not this a Gothic gazing-stock, Where nought is meant or told ; Translated into solid rock The prayer-book's self behold ! Sermons in stones ! Yes - more beside, A language, and a voice ! Much uttered - but far more implied That makes the heart rejoice.
" Without - each little carving speaks Of Christ, the Crucified .
To all the faithful - see, From porch to topmost tower, It telleth of the Trinity, And preacheth Christ with power !" .
Richard Upjohn's churches, although noted for the purity of their style, were not mere copies of foreign examples.
His love for Gothic was inborn, his knowledge full. It was a part of his life. The spirit of the Old Master-Builders was upon him, and he put into his work an almost mediaval ardor and originality. The building of a church was to him much more than the solving of an architectural problem - it was the creation of a House of God, for which nothing was more fit than the glorious architecture hallowed by the pious use of centuries. His civic buildings are usually in the style of the Italian Renaissance, but Gothic was the passion of his life. He was forty-seven years of age when St. Paul's was begun, in 1849, and when the last finial was put in place, in 1873, he had reached his sev- enty-second year.
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Mr. Upjohn was one of the founders, and the first president of the American Institute of Architects, serving from its foundation in 1857 to 1876.
He died at his home at Garrison's-on-the-Hudson, August 16, 1878, aged seventy-six years.
His son, Richard M. Upjohn, has ably carried on the traditions of the firm. He has designed and built many beautiful churches, and was a pioneer in fireproof construction in New York. His chief work is the splendid Capitol at Hartford, Conn., which has the largest stone dome in the country. He was one of the founders of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and was president of that Chapter for 1892 and 1895.
Robert W. Gibson of New York was the architect of the restored St. Paul's, after the fire of 1888.
Robert Williams Gibson was born in 1854, at Essex, England, and was the son of Samuel Lodwick Gibson. Mr. Gibson was educated at Gravesend, England, and at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. He came to the United States in 1881, and in that year began the prac- tice of architecture at Albany, N. Y. In 1888 he removed to New York City. Among his more important works may be mentioned All Saints' Cathedral at Albany ; Christ Church, Rochester, N. Y .; and in New York City, St. Michael's Church, the New York Clearing House, and the Botanical Museum.
His work at St. Paul's Church was far more than a restoration, and involved very important changes and additions in the original design of Richard Upjohn, which were most skilfully and harmoniously car- ried out.
The aspect of the interior of the church has been much changed by Mr. Gibson, and has gained greatly in apparent size and impressiveness. The transepts, giving a cruciform effect, the stone columns and the clere-story, the stone vestry room and porch on Church Street, and the enlarged and beautified chancel, are all due to his skill, and are all entirely in keeping with the original work. Mr. Gibson has planned
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in complete and loyal sympathy with the original design of the church, of which he has made his work a development, carrying it on to greater beauty and perfection.
A detailed description of Mr. Gibson's very successful remodeling of the edifice, and of the beautiful interior furnishings executed from his designs, will be found in the chapter in this volume entitled "The Restored St. Paul's." (Page 265.)
Cyrus K. Porter & Son of Buffalo, the architects of Trinity Church, Buffalo, and of many other well-known buildings, acted as supervising architects during Mr. Gibson's work on St. Paul's.
Subscription Lists.
It should be mentioned that only the more important subscription lists are given here and elsewhere in this book. There were many minor lists for parish work, music, new organs, etc., which have not been transcribed here ; and, indeed, of much of the liberal giving of the parish no formal record is available. The first subscription, in 1818, towards building the frame church, will be found at page 13.
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR REBUILDING ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, 1848.
The following subscription list for rebuilding St. Paul's Church, in 1848, and the subsequent lists, are here given as they appear in the " red-bound book " which Dr. Shelton carried to the parishioners for their signatures :
" We, the subscribers, do severally promise to pay to the Treasurer of St. Paul's Church, in the City of Buffalo, the sums set opposite our respective names, to be applied towards the building and completion of a church edifice, on the lot now owned by St. Paul's Church, after the plans furnished by Mr. Upjohn, or such other plans as he may furnish ; and for the payment of such subscriptions we severally agree, whenever forty-eight thousand dollars are subscribed hereto, to give our promissory notes for the amount of our respective subscriptions, payable at one of the banks in Buffalo in six equal payments, at four, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty, and twenty-four months after the date thereof.
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" The church when completed is to be consecrated and set apart exclusively as a place of public worship, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Protestant Epis- copal Church of the United States of America ; and the subscribers hereto may become interested therein in the manner and upon the terms hereinafter specified ; to all of which the corporation above named, by the acceptance of our respective signatures to this subscription, declare their assent, and do bind themselves and their successors in office to the just and faithful performance of the same.
" When the said church shall be completed, or sooner if the vestry shall deem it expedient, the vestry shall affix a valuation to each of the slips in it, except those reserved as free seats, and shall upon due notice offer the slips to which valuations are affixed for competition of choice at public auction, subject to such conditions and reservations as the vestry may deem proper for the future maintenance of public wor- ship therein, and to defray the contingent and other expenses of said corporation. At the time of giving the notes above specified, transferrable certificates shall be issued under the corporate seal, which certificates, when said notes shall be fully paid, shall entitle the holder to apply the same as cash in payment for slips in said church at the first public sale above specified ; and after the first public sale the holder of any such certificate may select any unsold slip at the valuation so affixed and apply the amount of such certificate, when fully paid, as cash in payment therefor, on such terms and conditions as the vestry shall prescribe ; but all such certificates not pre- sented or exchanged for slips within six months after the church shall be consecrated shall be deemed a donation to the church.
Buffalo, July 8, 1848.
R. H. Heywood, $5,000.00
William Williams (Ist sub.), . 2,000.00
John L. Kimberly, 1,500.00
Mrs. Louisa M. Weed (stock), 1,000.00 Mrs. Louisa M. Weed (add.stock), 1,400.00 De Witt C. Weed, 1,200.00
Geo. Truscott, 500.00
Samuel D. Flagg, 400.00
Henry Hagar (Ist sub.),
1,000.00
Elijah Ford, 800.00
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