On the 19th of Mav, 171 1, the church was incorporated under the style of " The Church-wardens and vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Salem." At this period the Rev. Nathan Felch was officiating minister. In 18 10, he reported to the Convention: " That a new Episcopal church had beeiT incorporated in South Salem. Their prospect is truly pleasing at present."* At this time services were held in the Brown mansion occupied by Samuel B. Isaacs, Esq.

In 18 1 5, Mr. George Weller, AM., was licensed as a lay-reader for Bedford and South Salem. The same year he makes report to the Convention, " That in South Salem, the present number of communicants is ten, of which three were added within the past year. Baptisms, within the past year, seven, of which one was an adult. The congregation is small, say'fourteen or fifteen families, and cannot be said to have increased much within the year past."

a The nist. ami Fate of Sacrilege, bj Sir. Henry Spelman, second edition. London : Joseph Masters, 1853. b Journal of Coventlon, 1810, p. Id.

THE TOWN OF LEWISBORO.

In 1816, the Rev. George Weller, missionary in Westchester and Putnam counties, writes to the Bishop as follows : " Since my ordination, I have been engaged two-thirds of my time at Bedford, and onethird at North Salem, &c. I have performed divine service and preached twice in South Salem, and intend occasionally to preach lectures in that town. Being centrally situated, their communicants unite with us at Bedford and North Salem. Number of communicants, eight."