126 HISTORY OF THN COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



that when we obtained a missionary he should be settled for both places, 

 so as to make but one congregation of the whole (we wish we could say 

 parish for the number) to preach every other Sunday at the house of 

 Jacob Mandeville, till such time as we could build a church in that 

 neighborhood, so that we humbly request, if we are so happy as to gain 

 the Venerable Society's assistance and protection, that Mr. Doty may be 

 settled by them as their missionary for both the above mentioned places. 

 The churches will not be more than eight miles asunder. It would 

 give us great pleasure if we could inform the Venerable Society of our 

 having a glebe and parsonage house provided, but that we are sorry to 

 say is not yet accomplished. The people that make up our congrega- 

 tion are so very poor, that we have been discouraged from attempting 

 to purchase a piece of land for that use. But we can nevertheless assure 

 the Venerable Society, that from the gracious offer of Mr. Beverly Rob- 

 inson, we have not the least doubt of having a very good glebe provided 

 within the year. For a more particular account of the manner in which 

 we expect to obtain the glebe, we must beg leave to refer you to Mr. 

 Doty, who is well acquainted with every circumstance relating thereto. 

 We are with the greatest esteem and respect, Rev. Sir, your most 

 obedient humble servants, Beverly Robinson, ) -,, , , 



Charles Moore. } Church-wardens. 



For themselves and the rest of the vestry of St. Peter's church."* 



TO THE VENERABLE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE 

 GOSPEL LN FOREIGN PARTS. THE PETITION OF THE WAR- 

 DENS AND VESTRY OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH, IN THE MANOR 

 OF CORTLANDT, NEAR PEEKSKILL, IN THE COUNTY OF 

 WESTCHESTER AND PROVINCE OF NEW YORK LN AMERICA. 



Humbly Sheweth, 



"That your petitioners, in conjunction with the rest of the people 

 who from the congregations of the churches aforesaid, having for some 

 time labored under the lamentable circumstance of not enjoying an op- 

 portunity of publickly worshiping God in the decent and solemn order 

 of the established Church of England, whose evangelical doctrine and 

 discipline they profess and admire; and being convinced of how great 

 utility such a sacred establishment would be, the county being thickly 

 inhabited and almost entirely destitute of every kind of public worship, 

 towards promoting the salvation of many souls and the prosperity of the 

 Church of Christ, have (tho' at present but few in number,) been at the 

 expense of building a neat and convenient church, for which they have 

 received a charter from his Honour Lieut. Governor Colden. That be- 

 ing well satisfied of the character and abilities of Mr. John Doty, a 

 gentleman educated at King's College, they have unanimously given 

 him a call and agreed, when lie shall be properly ordained by his Lord- 

 ship the Bishop of London, or any other English Bishop appointed for 

 that purpose, to receive him as their minister for the said St. Peter's 



a New York, ]\'SS. from archives at Fulham, vol. ii, pp. 524-6. (Hawks.) 



