THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER. 355 



Brookhaven. upon Long Island. From his first letter to the Secretary 

 of that body, we take the following extract : — 



"October 5th, 1725. — It is with satisfaction on all sides, yt I can now 

 tell you that I am safely arrived at New York, a country both pleasant 

 and plentiful, where I landed the 10th of the last month, and where I 

 believe I shall take up my abode for the poor remainder of my life; and 

 let me add, that it is a pity that some clergymen who are starving at 

 home, anil who, to my knowledge, have sometimes been so hard put to 

 it, as not to be able to tell where to get a Sunday's dinner for themselves 

 and family, should show so much unwillingness to transplant themselves 

 to our plantations, where their ministrations are so much wanted, and 

 where there is a people speaking their own language, and who are ready 

 to receive them with all marks of respect and affection, even here in 

 York, which I take to have a serene and healthful air above any other 

 of the plantations. 



"P. S. October 19th. — I am now at the City of New York, where 

 I am collecting, among the church friends, for the building of a church 

 at Brookhaven, &c. Designing to set up catechising in my parish, I 

 have borrowed a few catechisms of Mr. Wetmore, &c. I hope the next 

 time you will put me into a condition to repay the same." a 



October, 1726, he writes to the Secretary thus: — 



"Rev. Sir. — I humbly beg you would use your interest for me with 

 the Honorable Society, for my remove to Westchester, and that the 

 person assigned for Westchester (if any such there be), may be ordered 

 hither. Such a remove would be a very great favor to me, in my pres- 

 ent circumstances ; in that Westchester is between four or five hours ride 

 from York, where I may be abundantly supplyed with any convenience 

 of life." 6 



The following mandate was issued by his Excellency, William Burnet, 

 on the 8th of July, 1727 : — 



MANDATE FROM GOYERNOR BURNET TO INDUCT THE REY. 

 THOMAS STANDARD TO THE RECTORY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Wii.nEi.Mrs Burnet Anniger Provincial Novi Eboraci, necnon Nova? Ca- 

 in America Stratcgus et Imperator ejusdemque Yice Adrniralis, &c. 



UMVERSiset Singulis Clericis et Ministris Ecclesia? Anglicanae quibuscu: 

 in et per totam Provinciam Novi Eboraci Ubilibet Constitutis Sive ^ditibus 

 Eccleshe Parochiali3 de Estria Occidentalis in Comitatu Estrice Occidentali 1 - 

 provinciam predictam prolix Tempore Salutem Cum dilectum in Christo Thoma 

 Standard Clericum ad rectoriarn sive Ecclesiam parochialern predict Essriie Oc- 

 cidentalis in Comitatu in dicta Provincial Novi Eboraci in America, Jam vacan- 

 tem Ipsium que prcesentatum Rectorem Ejusdem Rectoria 1 Sive Ecclesiae 

 parochialis in ot de Eadem Admissam Yobis Conjunctim et Divisim Comitto et 



a Hawks' New York MSS., from archives at Fulham, vol, i. 66S, 6T1. 

 .-.' New York MSB., from archives at Fulham, vol. i, 074. 



