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general, and especially Ms keeping up and fomenting our unhappy divisions in 

 New Rochelle. The said Moulinars and his party in revenge, have pretended to 

 depose Mr. Roux, and suspend him accordingly of all his accustomed ministerial 

 functions amongst them, as you may see it more largely in this collection of 

 papers on that subject which I beg of you to put into the Honorable Society's 

 hands, and which will justify in general the matters I here acquaint them with. 

 They will find that one of the chiefest reasons of this violence against Mr. Roux, 

 has no other ground than his constant affection to the Church, and the public 

 approbation he has at all times and occasions given to its ceremonies and doc- 

 trine ; and this affair is so far gone that the Honorable Council of this province 

 could not forbear to take notice and to interpose their mediation and authority, 

 which having been unsuccessful on the French dissenters part, Mr. Roux in- 

 tends by the advice of his friends to carry his complaints into Chancery, where 

 it is not doubted but he will find protection and justice. I thought it necessary 

 to make you this relation that the Honorable Society might be more sensible of 

 of the great prejudice Mr. Moulinars and his adherents do in general to the 

 Church, of England, and in particular to that of New Rochelle ; and that there is 

 no unlawful practice which they scruple to make use of, for the detriment of it. 

 After Mr. Bondett's, my predecessors death, they engaged the dissenters to 

 build a meeting house about two hundred yards distant from the church in which 

 I officiate twice every Sunday; they incited them also to reclaim the one hundred 

 acres of land which Mr. Bondet enjoyed, and which were given by the Lord 

 Pell to the use of the church, in order to deprive me of it ; and notwithstanding 

 all the friendly presentations made from time to time to the said Mr. Moulinars 

 by some gent of this country, and also by the late Lord Bishop of London, of 

 which Master Aufere, one of the Society members, may give a more full and 

 exact account ; all this, I say, did not prevail with him, nor induce him to keep 

 his own congregation and not to intrude himself into those of others, and con- 

 sequently not to trouble their union and peace. He also of late eagerly consumed 

 some of the dissenters of New Rochelle, who to save expenses and inconveniences 

 they would lay under bringing their children to York to be christened by him, 

 or who by reason of having no aversion from the Church do not think fit to defer 

 their baptism till he come amongst them, according to his desire have required 

 me to baptize them. I heartily wish the Honorable Society would pity our as- 

 saulted Church, and take some effectual means for the removing of the cause and 

 instrument of the unhappy divisions we are in ; our endeavors here without their 

 assistance having proved of but little and of none effect. For there is no irreg- 

 ular practice which in their opinion is not supported, and which they do not find 

 justified and authorized by the benefit of toleration and liberty of conscience 

 granted to them, in such manner they abuse that great and inestimable priviledge. 

 You will, Rev . Sir, very much oblige me in giving me notice as soon as possible, 

 of the Honorable Society's intention and resolution about that affair. 



I am, Reverened Sir, &c, 



Peteb Stouppe." 



Writing to the Propagation Society in 1726, he thus describes the 

 state of his church : " That he has baptized six grown negroes and seven 

 negro children, fitted eight young people for the sacrament of the Lord's 



