128 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



GOVERNOR TRYON'S ADMISSION OF MR. DOTY TO THE RECTORY 

 OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH, PEEKSKILL. 



"I, William Trj^on, Esq. Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over 

 the Province of New York and the Territories thereon depending in America, 

 Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, do admit you, John Doty, Clerk, to 

 be Rector of this parish, and parish church of St. Peter's, in the manor of Cort- 

 landt, near Peekskill, in the County of Westchester, in the said Province, with 

 all their rights, members and appurtenances. Given under my hand and the 

 prerogative seal of the Province of New York, the 16th day of July, in the year 

 of our Lord 1771. William Teton." 



LETTERS OF INSTITUTION BY GOVERNOR TRYON TO MR. JOHN 



DOTY, CLERK. 



"I, William Try on, Esq. Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over 

 the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America, 

 Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, Do institute you John Doty, Clerk, 

 to be Rector of the parish of St. Peter's, in the manor of Cortlandt, near Peeks- 

 kill, in ye County of Westchester in the said Province, to the care of the souls 

 of the parishioners of ye said parish and take your cure and mine. Given under 

 my hand and the Provincial seal of the Province of New York, this 16th day of 

 July, in the year of our Lord, 1771. William Teyon." 



"Upon which Mr. John Doty, having first produced a certificate to this board 

 of his having, in the presence of several witnesses, declared his unfeigned assent and 

 consent to the XXXIX Articles of Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and 

 Bishops in the Convention, holden at London, A. D. 1562, and having prefixed 

 thereto His Majesties Royal Declaration, after which he was by virtue of certain 

 letters mandatory, under the Prerogative seal, in due manner inducted into the 

 real, actual and corporeal possession of the Rectory and parish church of St. 

 Peter's afforesaid, which letters mandatory, are in the following words, viz : 



MANDATE FROM GOVERNOR TRYON TO INDUCT MR. JOHN DOTY 

 INTO THE RECTORY OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH. 



" His Excellency William Tryon, Esq. Captain General and Governor-in-Chief 

 in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in 

 America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, To all and singular, Rectors 

 and Parish Ministers whatsoever in the Province of New York, or to the church- 

 wardens and vestrymen of the Parish of St. Peter's in the manor of Cortlandt, 

 near Peekskill, in the County of Westchester in the said Province, and to each 

 and every of you, greeting : Whereas, I have admitted our beloved in Christ, 

 John Doty, Clerk, to the Rectory of the parish and parish church of St. Peter's 

 in the manor of Courtlandt, near Peekskill, in the county of Westchester, with- 

 in this Government, to which the said John Doty was presented by the church- 

 wardens and vestrymen of the said parish, the true and undoubted patrons of 

 the said parish, vacant, as never having before been supplied by any incumbent ; 

 and him the said John Doty, I have instituted into the Rectory of the said parish 



