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4 An east light. Placed in 1903; given by Mrs. William B. Carpen- ter. Subject, the Brazen Serpent. Inscription,-"Moses Made a Serpent of Brass and Put It upon a Pole." "William B. Carpenter. November 26, 1843. February 7, 1902."
5 An east light. Placed in 1897; given by the Sunday School and its friends. Subject, the Translation of Elijah. Inscription,-"I pray Thee let a double portion of Thy Spirit be upon Me." "To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of Robert Van Kleeck. July 19, 1841. Sept. 23, 1893."
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WINDOWS IN THE NORTH TRANSEPT
Hymns sung by the Primitive Christian Church and Incorporated in the Prayer Book Offices for Morning and Evening Prayer
1 An east light. Placed in 1890; given by the King's Daughters Subject, the Magnificat. Inscription,-"My soul Doth Magnify the Lord and My Spirit Hath Rejoiced in God my Saviour."
2 An east light. Placed in 1908; given by the Rev. Walter Mitchell and Amy Carpenter Mitchell, his wife. Subject, the Nunc Dimittis. Inscription,-"Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace." "To the Glory of God and in Memory of Philipina Fields Carpenter."
Mrs. Carpenter's body was interred in a burying ground of the Friends in New England and, according to the custom of the Friends, the grave was not marked. This window fulfilled the wish of her daughter, Mrs. Mitchell, that her name should be perpetuated. Mrs. Mitchell, at her death, entrusted to her husband the placing of the window, and a further touch of feeling is added to the sentiment attached to it by the fact that, the day it was unveiled, Mr. Mitchell's funeral service was held in the church.
3 The north window. Placed in 1890; given by Mrs. George M. Van Kleeck and Mrs. Edgar M. Van Kleeck. Consists of a rose window and three Gothic lancets. Subject, the Te Deum. Inscription,- "When Thou Hadst Overcome the Sharpness of Death Thou Didst Open the Kingdom of Heaven to All Believers." "In Memoriam 1890. George M. Van Kleeck. Edgar M. Van Kleeck."
4 A west light, not yet placed. Subject assigned, the Benedictus.
5 'A west light. Placed in 1901; given by Mrs. Benjamin R. Tenney® Subject, the Benedicite. Inscription,-"O Ananias, Azarias, & Misael' Bless ye The Lord." "To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of Benjamin Rowe Tenney. March 28, 1822. December 13, 1898." This window is of American glass; designed and made by Maitland Armstrong and Company of New York.
WINDOWS IN THE AMBULATORY
On the south wall. Placed in 1888; given by the Sunday School, as- sisted by Mrs. Albert Tower. Seven small lights; subjects, "the Seven Angels who stand in the Presence of God." Four lancets, representing the Archangels, St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael and St. Uriel. Three quatre-foils, representing the three angels, un-
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named in Christian art, bearing insignia of the Trinity before whom they stand.
Over ambulatory door. Placed in 1897; given by William B. Carpen- ter. Subject, one of Raphael's angel heads. Inscription,-"In Loving Memory of Virginia Carpenter. April 20, 1878. November 16, 1882."
WINDOWS IN THE BAPTISTRY
Placed in 1897; given by James W. Hinkley. Seven small lights; subjects, baptismal types,-Noah, Patriarch, representing the Ark; Moses, Patriarch, representing the Red Sea; Aaron, Priest, represent- ing the Cloudy Pillar; St. John the Baptist, representing the Baptism of Christ; St. Philip, representing the Baptism of the Eunuch; St. Peter, representing the Baptism of Cornelius; St. Paul, representing the Baptism of the Jailer.
A brass plate, beneath the middle one of the seven windows, marks them all. Inscription,-"In Loving Memory of Mary A. Hinkley. February 14, 1831-March 18, 1896."
WINDOWS IN THE MAIN VESTIBULE
Four small lancets; subjects assigned, the Four Evangelists.
Two lights in the east wall, placed in 1888; given by the Sunday School, assisted by Mrs. Albert Tower. Subjects, St. Matthew and St. Mark. Two lights in the west wall, not yet placed. Subjects, St. Luke and St. John.
WINDOWS IN THE CLOISTER AISLE
Four small lights; placed in 1888; given by the Sunday School, as- sisted by Mrs. Albert Tower. Subjects, the Latin Fathers of the Church,-St. Gregory, St. Augustine, St. Jerome and St. Ambrose.
THE JEWELED CROSS
A lancet in the west end of the nave, near the peak of the roof, not included in the original window scheme. It was cut as a ventilator, and was filled at first with plain glass. In 1889 stained glass was placed in it, the work of Maitland Armstrong and Company. The design of a cross was selected by Dr. Ziegenfuss, who named the window the "Jeweled Cross" from its rich coloring. It was the gift of the King's Daughters.
THE WINDOWS IN THE ROOF
Cut for light and ventilation, after plans by William A. Potter. Filled with clouded glass from the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. Given by the Ladies' Aid Society in 1895.
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ECCLESIASTICAL FURNISHINGS
The Altar. Given in 1888, by the Ladies' Aid Society.
The credence-table. Given in 1888, by the King's Daughters.
The Bishop's chair. Given in 1888, by Mrs. S. C. Abel. Inscription, "In Loving Memory of J. Grace & Adele A. Abel. The Gift of Their Mother."
The sedilia. Given in 1906, by Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham.
The Altar-rail. Given in 1888, by Le Grand Dodge.
The choir-stalls and rood-screen. Given in 1888, by the Ladies Aid Society.
The eagle lectern. Given in 1888, by surviving children of Charles Crooke,-Mrs. James Emott (Helen Mary Crooke), John J. Crooke, Miss Julia Crooke, Robert Crooke, Lewis Crooke, Mrs. Augustus Doughty (Margaret Livingston Crooke).
Inscription,-"In Memoriam. 1870-1887."
Those in whose memory it was given were:
Charles Crooke; deceased October 11, 1875.
Anna Neher, wife of Charles Crooke; deceased October 14, 1870.
Cornelia Crooke, wife of Le Grand Dodge; deceased November 15, 1880.
Henry Suydam Crooke; deceased April 27, 1884.
Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds, wife of Lewis Crooke; deceased Novem- ber 6, 1885.
Lewis Crooke; deceased December 28, 1887.
The brass pulpit. Given at Easter, 1906, by Mrs. James W. Hinkley. The brass litany-desk. Given at Easter, 1907, by Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham.
The font. Given in 1845, by ladies of the parish.
Hymn-boards. Two for the nave, given in 1888. Two for the transepts, given at Easter, 1901. All four given by Dr. and Mrs. John C. Otis.
CHURCH PLATE
A flagon, not used. Made in the first quarter of the nineteenth cen- tury by John W. Forbes, silversmith, of New York City.
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Two chalices. Not used. No hall-marks. Probably date from Dr. Reed's rectorate. Possibly represent the silver of the beaker and two cups presented to the Church in 1775.
A paten. Not used. Made by Ball, Tompkins & Black of New York City, a firm in existence 1839-1851.
A paten, now used. Made in the first quarter of the nineteenth cen- tury by John W. Forbes, silversmith, of New York City.
Two silver cruets. Given by Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham. In- scription,-"Presented to Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Easter, 1907."
A chalice and a paten. Given by Mrs. Charles M. Niles and Miss Helen Choate Parker. Inscription,-"To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Edward Hazen Parker and Sarah Olcott his wife. Given by their daughters, Easter, 1897."
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A carved and jeweled chalice. Given by the Rev. George Blackburn Kinkead and Miss Cornelia Dodge Kinkead at Easter, 1905. Inscrip- tion,-"A.M.D.G. In Memoriam Le Grand Dodge, Natus 1815, Obit 1892."
A chalice. Given by Mrs. James W. Hinkley. Inscription,-"Deo Gratias. Datum Ecclesiae Christi, Poughkeepsie, Neo-Eboracensi Die Nativitatis Domini MCMVI."
A spoon. Given by Miss Jane L. Hinkley in 1907.
Two silver alms-basins. Given by Mrs. John Reade. Inscription,- "A donation to Christ Church from Catherine Reade 1818."
Two silver alms-basins. Given by Mrs. James Hooker. Inscription, "Presented to Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, by Helen S. Hooker. Christmas, 1870."
Two silver alms-basins. Given anonymously. Inscription,-"Pre- sented to Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Easter, 1908."
BRASSES
Altar-cross, and two flower-vases. Given anonymously at Easter- Tide, 1877.
Two flower-vases. Given by Mrs. Charles H. Buckingham at Christ- mas, 1906.
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Altar-desk. Given by Miss Charlotte Davies in October, 1877; im- ported by her from London. Inscription,-"Presented to Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., by C. D."
Alms-basin. Given by Mrs. John Thompson at Easter, 1878, in memory of her father, James Bailey, of Plattsburgh, N. Y.
Baptismal ewer. Given by a Sunday School class. Inscription,- "Easter, 1885. Mary J. Allen, Teacher. Julia Sague. Millie Heinze. Hattie Howard. Tillie Sweet. Etta Delmar. Mary Rupley. Mary Page. Carrie Baumbusch. Mary Ranns. Minnie Weyant. Nettie Bloomer. Annie Atkins. Kittie Tucker. Katie Pike."
Processional cross. Given by Augustus Doughty, Peter B. Hayt, James G. Porteous M.D. and James L. Williams in 1894. Inscrip- tion,-"In Memoriam Ven. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, D.D., Rector of Christ Church 1875-1894."
BOOKS
Altar service-book. Inscription,-"Presented by Albert Edward Tower, Easter, 1896."
Lectern Bibles. At Easter, 1889, a Bible was given by Mrs. John Kinkead and Miss Edith Hamilton, in memory of their father, Adolphus Hamilton, which was in continuous use for twenty-one years. At Easter, 1910, a Bible was given by Mrs: Charles J. Meade, in memory of her father. Inscription,-"In Memoriam William John Smith. Obit January 10, 1910. Easter Day, 1910."
Litany-desk service-book. Given by Mrs. Henry T. Wilson, 189 (?). Inscription,-"In Memoriam Edward Livingston Van Buren. March 10th, 1873."
TABLETS
Cornwell Placed in 1904
In Loving Memory of Antoinette Cornwell Who Died May Ninth MCMIV "Make Her to be Numbered With Thy Saints In Glory Everlasting."
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Davies Placed in 1907
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam I. H. S. 1763 William Davies 1857 Warden and Vestryman for 19 years and 1792 General Thomas L. Davies 1880 His son Warden and Vestryman for 47 years Reverently presented to Christ Church By their Great-Great-Grandson and Great-Grandson Peter Townsend Coxe Son of Macgrane Coxe and Lena Townsend Crawford Coxe 1907 For they rest from their labours.
Parker Placed in 1899
In Memoriam Edward Hazen Parker M. D. March 7, 1823 November 10, 1896, For many years a Faithful and Devout Communicant, Vestryman And Warden of this Church.
Phinney Placed in 1893
To the Glory of God And In Loving Memory Of Lydia Ingraham Phinney.
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Potter
Placed in 1904 This Tablet is placed here to commemorate the ministry within these walls of The Rev'd Eliphalet Nott Potter, D.D., LL.D. Son of the Right Reverend Alonzo Potter D.D., LL.D. Sometime President of Union University & later of Hobart College,N.Y. who during a vacancy in the Rectorship of the parish in the year 1900 officiated here with signal acceptance and unwearied devotion.
Born, September 20, 1836. Died February 6, 1901.
"And I raised up of your sons for Prophets, saith the Lord." , Amos ii, 11.
Reed Placed in 1845
In Memory Of John Reed, D.D. Died 6th July 1845; Aged 68 years Thirty-five years the faithful and devoted Rector of this Church. Erected by the Vestry, in testimony of the universal affection and veneration of the Parish.
Reynolds Placed in 1901
I. H. S. In Loving Memory Of John Richardson Reynolds March 17, A.D. 1847 April 30, A.D. 1889 I Know That My Redeemer Liveth.
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Street Placed in 1894
To the Glory of God
In Loving Memory Of William I. Street 1808-1863 and his wife Susan Watts Kearney 1818-1893 "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of Life." Erected by their children, William A. Street & Anna Livingston Morton.
OTHER GIFTS
The Ziegenfuss Memorial Library.
.After the death of Dr. Ziegenfuss two of his devotedly attached friends, John Calhoun Otis, M.D., and the late Putnam Frost Spaulding, were the leaders of a movement to keep intact his library of three thousand volumes and place it in the custody of the Church. The library was purchased May 23d, 1894, from the executors of Dr. Ziegenfuss's estate, for $2,500.00, and, later, was formally presented to Christ Church, as a memorial to Dr. Ziegenfuss, by the Library Association formed by Dr. Otis and Mr. Spalding. The presentation of the library was made in the name of:
Henry Booth
Samuel K. Rupley
George Cornwell
John K. Sague
Irving Elting
Putnam Frost Spaulding
Mrs. Irving Elting Mrs. Charles W. Swift
Peter B. Hayt
Hudson Taylor
John Kinkead, M.D.
The Rev. Samuel A. Weikert
Edward T. Mason The Rev. J. C. S. Weills
John C. Otis, M.D. James L. Williams
Sylvester Pier
Hiram S. Wiltsie
Mosaic floor, in main vestibule of the church. Given by Mrs. Albert Tower in 1897.
Large photograph of a portrait of the Rev. John Reed, S. T. D. Pre- sented in 1906 by his great-grandson, the Hon. Macgrane Coxe. Hung in the parish house.
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Large, antique, oil painting. Given at Easter, 1903, by Mr. John W. Dale. Subject, the appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene on the first Easter morning. Hung in the parish house.
MEMORANDA OF REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS
MADE TO CHRIST CHURCH THE GIFT OF MRS. CHARLES H. BUCKINGHAM
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IN THE CHURCH
1906
A quartered oak floor. New Axminster carpet. New hassocks. Pew cushions renovated. Lower pew partitions cut out. Mosaic floors in north and south transept vestibules. Oak entrance doors cleaned and varnished. New steam heating system, with increased capacity and equipment. Full electric lighting system and fixtures.
Upper portion of choir-screen, with the rood, removed. Carved oak sedilia. New Altar-hangings and curtains for chancel wall. Two cut glass vases for the Altar. Two brass vases for the Altar. Lectern, Altar-rail and Altar-brasses done over.
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Carpet protector of heavy duck for chancel floor, when chancel is being used other than for Church services. A supply of fibre plant saucers for protection of chancel carpet, on occasion of festival decora- tions. Two umbrella racks for main vestibule. Miscellaneous minor repairs to walls, pews, doorways, windows, etc.
1907
Two silver cruets for the celebration of the Holy Communion and a brass litany-desk, at Easter.
1908
A memorial stained glass window.
IN THE PARISH HOUSE
1906
New steam heating system throughout, with increased capacity and equipment. New plumbing system throughout, including the addition of a forty-gallon boiler supplying running hot water for all basins.
Three toilet rooms, finished with tiled floors and wainscoting, steel ceilings and side walls, marble panelings, combination gas and elec- tric lighting, plate glass incidental fixtures, four dozen hand towels, etc.
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New room, for general parish uses, made from unfinished portions of cellar; finished in hard wood, with steel ceiling, combination gas and electric lighting and large lockers; one new window cut, three old windows enlarged, window areas rebuilt and new area drains made. New floor laid in the choir-vestry; choir-vestry painted and kalso- mined; chimney repaired; new lockers added; a door cut into the cellar, &c.
Dark cellar passage from choir-vestry to new room finished in hard wood, with steel ceiling, and made into a light hallway. Kitchen enlarged by the removal of old partition walls and winding stairs; new floor laid; broad staircase built; one window enlarged, another cut in area door; all areas rebuilt and redrained; new electric lights added; the room painted; dumbwaiter to parish house put in; three folding Mission screens, new range, new sink, new refrigerator and new cooking utensils provided.
Window sashes in Sunday School room rehung; floor stained; three Mission tables, three Mission folding screens, 150 folding chairs, a hand truck and five portable coat racks provided.
Ambulatory floor done over; walls painted, woodwork treated; new lockers built; large skylight ventilator cut.
Hard wood floor laid in the study; study walls painted; fireplace retiled; new gas fixtures put in.
Hard wood floor laid in the robing-room; robing-room walls painted; two lockers added, new plumbing fixtures installed; large skylight ventilator cut.
1907
A skylight cut and large windows made in the study. A door and a landscape window cut in ambulatory between church and parish house.
1908
150 camp chairs.
MISCELLANEOUS
1906
A connection with the Carroll street sewer instituted and improved connection made with Academy street.
Roof of church and roof of parish house repaired, and copper valleys added. Copper gutters put on roof of parish house and of study. All
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stone steps and portions of other stone work pointed. Front en- trance steps entirely rebuilt, on a foundation of crushed stone. East lawn filled in; main drive and side path regravelled. Road cut from Carroll street to kitchen and cellar entrances. Lattice enclosure built near cellar area; kitchen area storm door rebuilt; north transept area cemented and new drain laid from it, part of cellar floor cemented; new coal bin built.
Ornamental trees planted.
1907
Walls of church and tower pointed. Copper gutters put on the church. Circle drive repaired and graded. New footpath made on north side. A flag sidewalk laid on the Montgomery street boundary of the church square.
Trees and shrubs set out.
1908
A flag sidewalk, curb and gutter laid on the Carroll street boundary of the church square.
A flag pole erected on the north side of the square, with flag.
Trees and shrubs set out.
1910
The sidewalk on the Academy street boundary of the church square relaid.
Shrubs set out.
A vacuum cleaner provided.
ENDOWMENT FUND
Christ Church receives the income from the following invested funds :
Under the will of Mrs. Walter Trivett a fund was received in 1847, the income from which the will directed should be used "for the support of aged poor persons." $2,000.00
Under the will of John Guy Vassar a fund was re- ceived in 1890, the income from which the will direc- ted' should be used "for the purchase of books, tracts, papers, etc. for the Sunday School." 476.25
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Under the will of Mrs. Edgar M. Van Kleeck a fund was received in 1899, the income from which the will directed should be used for "setting apart and keeping free for the use of strangers, perpetually, one of the largest pews in the church edifice, well located, and keeping the same sufficiently provided with books and other comfortable pew furniture; and in case of failure to observe and keep the said condition, said sum shall be forfeited."
$3,000.00
Under the will of William B. Carpenter a fund was received in 1902, to be known as "The Virginia Car- penter Fund," the income from which the will di- rected should be used for "refreshments for the children of the Sunday School at their yearly Christ- mas festival and at their yearly summer picnic." 500.00 The Rectory Maintenance Fund; a gift in 1902 from Mrs. Martha Barnard Jones. 500.00
TOTAL $6,476.25
THE GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND
The General Endowment Fund of the parish was established by the Rector and the vestry in February, 1905, since which date it has grown to be $2,694.96, by the accumulation of many small sums from scattered sources. The following rules were adopted by the vestry for the government of this fund:
RULE 1
All funds placed by gift, bequest, or the action of the Rector and Vestry in this Fund shall be invested: First, in Savings Banks approved by the State of New York; Secondly, in approved bonds, recommended by the Finance Committee, and approved by the President of the Poughkeepsie Savings Bank and the President of the Farmers' and Manufacturers' National Bank of Poughkeepsie, jointly.
RULE 2
This Fund shall remain intact until it shall have reached the sum of $10,000.00, the interest being added to the Fund and reinvested each year as provided for in Rule 1. After the investment fund reaches the sum of $10,000.00, one-half the interest may be used as the Rector and Vestry may determine, the other half shall be reinvested and added to the principal as specified in Rule 1. After the invested funds reach
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the sum of $25,000.00, the interest may be used as the Rcetor and Vestry may determine, except ten per cent of the total interest, which shall be reinvested as provided for in Rule 1.
RULE 3
All sums given for searching the Register of the Church, for certifi- cates, for the use of the church at weddings or funerals, and at least one plate collection each year, shall be added to and become a part of this Endowment Fund,-as shall all bequests made directly and speci- fically for the Fund.
RULE 4
The form of bequest shall be: I give and bequeath to the Rector and Inhabitants of Poughkeepsie in Communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church of the State of New York, commonly known as Christ Church, the sum of dollars, to constitute and form a part of a Permanent Endowment Fund, whereof the interest and in- come only shall be used for, and applied to, the purposes of said Church.
RULE 5
The Clerk of the Vestry shall procure and keep a suitable book in which shall be entered all bequests, with the name of the donor, all sums applied to this Fund, and from what source derived, and also when, and how, invested. He shall also inscribe in the beginning of said book the resolution creating this Fund, and the rules governing it.
Since the establishment of the General Endowment Fund, two memorial gifts have been pledged:
The Louisa Hayes Cummins Memorial, given by the Rev. Alexander G. Cummins; this memorial will form part of the General Endowment and will be governed by the Rules of that Fund; it is to amount when completed to.
$1,000.00
The P. Frost Spaulding Memorial, given by Mr. Arthur Frost Spaulding; this memorial is a separate and distinct Fund, the income from which is to be used toward the support of the music in the Church; it is to amount when completed to $1,000.00
These two memorial funds are being given upon the principal of gradual accumulation, which, it is hoped, may commend itself generally,, as one that affords opportunity for the creation of memorials more conveniently than the presentation of a fixed sum at one time.
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CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC., OF CHRIST CHURCH, POUGHKEEPSIE, AND TRINITY CHURCH, FISHKILL, REGARDING THEIR JOINT INTERESTS IN THE GLEBE
1. Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 23.
1773, Aug. 17, It being represented to this Board that the purchase of ye first or Old Glebe being originally designed for the Benefit of Poughkeepsie, the Nine Partners, Beekmans Precinct and Rombout Precinct, and it afterwards being Compleated for the Benefit of Pough- keepsie Precinct and Rumbout Precinct only (with the Consent of the Nine Partners and Beekmans Precinct), it was agreed between Pough- keepsie Precinct and Rombout Precinct that the said Glebe, so pur- chased, should ever remain and be an Entire Glebe for the Use of the Rector having the Cure of the Churches of the said two Precincts of Poughkeepsie and Rombout. But that in Case the Congregations of the said respective Precincts of Poughkeepsie and Rombout should at any time find themselves able to support two Rectors, and should mutually agree to Call one more so as to have one Rector for each Church, independent of the other, then the Church of Poughkeepsie should thereupon refund or pay back to the Church of Rumbout Precinct such sum of money as they have advanced both for the pur- chase of the said Glebe and for what they paid for the finishing the Building thereon :- This Board taking the same into Consideration are of oppinion that the said agreement is Just and reasonable, and do agree and Resolve that this Corporation shall and will stand to and perform the Said agreement, and order that the Secretary deliver a Copy hereof to the Rector for the Use of the Church wardens and vestrymen of the Church of Rombout Precinct.
2. Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 25.
1773, Sep. 18, This board having agreed To Consider further Con- cerning the Old Glebe with Respect To better Secureing the Church wardens and vestry of Rumbout precinct, do resolve that they Know of no way or means better to secure them than what was before done and do agree to send them the following letter and that the Secretary be Order'd accordingly :
Gent'n
When you met the Vestry of the Church of Poughkeepsie on the Eighteenth of last month you laid before them a mater Concerning the Glebe Which Occasioned some uneasiness, to witt, you then requested to be made secure to be paid for one
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half of the Glebe as it should be valued at. This request the Vestry here then lookt on as not agreeable to the original agreement made at the time of fixing the Glebe, but the Vestry promised to lay the matter before a Vestry as of this day.
The matter was accordingly laid before the Board-and they desire me to inform you of the result, which is that they still look on the agreement as they had entred it in their minits, and whereof you have a Copy delivered you signed by me, And that they cannot receed from it. But that if you conceive that that Entry and your Copy is not Sufficient to secure you and oblige a performance on our part: That this Corporation will and stand ready on their part to sign and seal any Instru- ment proper for them that Council shall advise to secure to you the full and punctual performance thereof. I am
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