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letter to his Vestry, suggesting that the Church 

 should be enlarged by extending it thirty feet at the 

 east end. In his letter he gives his reasons for the 

 same. " This would be in accordance with the 

 original plan." "The addition would accommodate 

 a sufficient congregation to give the means of sup- 

 port for two ministers without putting a burden on 

 the pew-holders." 



There was one great difficulty in the way the 

 space that would be covered by the proposed exten- 

 sion was, in part, occupied by graves. It was sug- 

 gested that commemorative slabs should be placed 

 in the walls of the Church, or, if preferred, the dead 

 were to be removed to " Magnolia Cemetery "the 

 Church to bear all expenses. 



The congregation met and the question of en- 

 largement was warmly discussed and decided 

 upon, by a vote of twenty-one ayes to seventeen 

 nays. 



The minority were, however, greatly dissatisfied, 

 and the matter was referred to Chancellor Dunkin, 

 who returned answer, " That while the congregation 

 had the right to extend the church building over 

 the burial lots in question, the monuments could 

 not be disturbed without the consent of their 

 owners." A meeting of the congregation was forth- 

 with called and the subject was fully reconsidered, 

 A few of the most enthusiastic proposed to procure 

 an eligible site for a new building ; to pull down 

 the present church, and to use the material in the 

 erection of a larger edifice ; but this suggestion met 



