THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE. 669 



To 

 WILLIAM LEGGETT, 



the eloquent journalist, 



whose genius, disinterestedness 



and courage ennobled his profession — 



who loved truth for its own sake, 



and asserted it with most ardor 



when weaker minds were most dismayed 



with opposition ; 



who could endure no form of tyranny, 



and raised his voice against 



all injustice, 



on whomsoever committed, 



and whoever were its authors. 



THE DEMOCEATIO YOUNG MEN 



of New York, 

 sorrowing that a career so glorious 

 should have closed so prematurely, 

 have erected this monument. 



WILLIAM LEGGETT, 



born in New York, April 30, 1801, 



died at New Rochelle, 



May 29th, 1S39. 



PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS. 



Queen Anne, John Pell, Jacob Leisler, Col. Benjamin Fletcher, Col. 

 Robert Hunter, Col. Caleb Heathcote, Rev. John Sharpe, Elias Neau. 

 Rev. Daniel Bondet, Lewis Bongrand, Aman Guion, James de Blez, 

 Lewis Pintard, Peter J. Munro, Hon. John Hunter, Lloyd S. Daubeny, 

 Philip Rhinelander Underhill, Town of New Rochelle, the Venerable 

 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and the Corporation of 

 Trinity church, New York. 



The first delegate from this parish to the Diocesan Convention, held 

 in New York, Wednesday, June 22nd, 1785, was Mr. Andrew Fowler. 



