THE TOWN' OF NORTH SALEM. 763 



log for the fore, that made 140 feet to 158 feet of oak boards, £0, 2s, 

 i6d. For the Meetin House, £0, 7 J, nd. To 370 feet of bords, by 

 Crane, £0, 18s, 6d." 



This old building and site were sold to Mr. Alfred B. Mead, in 1847 



Attached to the church is a small parsonage, which occupies the site 

 of the first Episcopal church, erected in 1763. a 



The Methodist-Episcopal Society of North Salem, was first organized 

 in the early part of the present century, and incorporated 6th of January, 

 1832; Jonas Keeler, Abel Smith, William Cable and Stephen Ryder, 

 trustees. 6 The church edifice was erected in 1833. The present pas- 

 tor is the Rev. Aaron Coons. 



The Baptist congregation in the town of North Salem was incorpor- 

 ated on the 1st of April, 1833 : Ebenezer Whelppy, Edward Ganong, 

 John Wesley Searles, John Braden and James Mills trustees." 



An Universalist Society was incorporated upon the 23d of January, 

 1832 ; Levi Smith, Epenetus Howe, William Howe, Henry Hunt, Samuel 

 Hunt and Thomas Smith, trustees; Gilbert Hunt, collector; Jesse 

 Smith, treasurer. The first church was erected in 1833 ; the present 

 beautiful structure was built in 1869, at a cost of about $7000 ; its pas- 

 tor is the Rev. T. S. Lathrop. 



The Friends' meeting house is erected in the north-east part of the 

 town. 



A little west of the Episcopal church stands the North Salem Acad- 

 emy. 



" This edifice was 1 erected prior to 1770 by Stephen De Lancey, one 

 of the principal proprietors of this town. It was intended for his own 

 residence, and occupied by him as such for many years. In 1786 it 

 was purchased by a company and completed as an Academy, which went 

 into operation about that date, under the care of the Rev. Amzi Lewis. 

 During several years it continued in a very flourishing state under Mr, 

 Lewis, and was incorporated by the regents of the university, April 

 19th, 1790, on the application of Benjamin Haight and thirty-eight 

 others. It was the first incorporated academy in the county, and the 

 third in the State ; Erasmus Hall at Flatbush, and Clinton Academy 

 in East Hampton, having been incorporated near the close of 1787. 

 Many individuals, who afterwards became eminent, were prepared for 

 college or finished their education here." Among the most distinguished 

 may be reckoned, De Witt Clinton, Governor of the State ; Daniel D. 



a St. Gsorge Talbot, writing to the Secretary of the Venerable Propagation Society, July 

 IOtq, 1763, says : " At Salem tHey have built and almost covered a cnurch." 

 h Religious £oc. Lib. B. 11. 

 c Religious Soc. Lib. B., p. 15. 



