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fteeple, in which is a bell to be rung when 

 it is time to go to church, and on burials. 

 It has likewiie a clock which ftrikes the 

 hours. This building which is called 

 Chrift church, was founded towards the end 

 of the laft century, but has lately been re- 

 built and more adorned. It has two mi- 

 nisters who get the greateft part of their 

 falary from England. In. the beginning of 

 this century, the Swedifh minifter the 

 Rev. Mr. Rudmann, performed the functi- 

 ons of a clergyman to the Englifk congre- 

 gation for near two years, during the ab- 

 fence of their own clergyman. 



2. T 'he Swedijh church, which is other- 

 wife called the church of Weekacko, is on 

 the fouthern part of the town, and almoft 

 without it, on the river's tide, and its fitu- 

 ation is therefore more agreeable than that 

 of any other. I fhall have an oportunity 

 of defcribing it more exactly, when I mail 

 fpeak of the Swedes in particular, who live 

 in this place. 



3. The German Lutheran church , is 

 on the north- weft fide of the town. On 

 my arrival in America it had a little fteeple, 

 but that being but up by an ignorant 

 architect, before the walls of the church 

 were quite dry, they leaned forwards by 

 its weight, and therefore they were forced 



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