I hope througu the good reception that his Excellency has given us at our first visit, that his equity and prudence will remove those difficulties which still remain to be surmounted : to the end, that there may be a good understanding amongst us. I acquainted you on my last, that we had celebrated the Holy Communion three times at the three quarters that are passed. Since our conformity, there have been two other quarters past since ; and for fear that my last should not have come to hand, I will repeat to you the number of communicants in each : --

10th of July, 1709, 35

17th of October, 29

1st of January, 1709-10, 38

9th of April, being Easter Day, 43

11th of June, 32

Yours, &c,

Daxiel Bondet."&

At this period it seems the congregation had so far increased as to stand in need of further accommodation, and to require the erection of a new church. On the 20th of March, 1709, nearly three months bea Poc, Hist, of N. Y. vol. til. p. 941.

* N'uw YurK MSS. from archives at Fulnam, vol. i. pp. 217-10 (nawfcs).

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fore the conformity, Governor I ngoklesby issued an order or license, empowering the inhabitants to erect the same." The undertaking, however, met with such violent opposition from the enemies of the Church, that nothing seems to have been done -- either towards locating or building the proposed edifice, during the remainder of Ingoldesby's administration. This honor was reserved for his successor, Col. Robert Hunter, who vigorously espoused the cause of the Church; and upon the 2d day of August, 17 10, issued the following : --