In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the seal of our said province of New York to our said letters patent to be affixed to the same, to be recorded in ye secretary's office of our said province. Witness our trusty and well beloved Robert Hunter, Esq., captain-general and governor-in-chief, in and over our province of New York aforesaid, and territories depending thereon in America, and vice-admiral of the same, and in council at our format New York aforesaid, the seventh day of February, in the tenth year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord God, 1713. "

About this period, " the town gave a house and three acres of land, adjoining the church, for the use of the clergyman forever."6

During the year 17 14, Mr. Bondet, at the request of the Society, took charge of the Mohegan or River Indians.

The next communication from Mr. Bondet to the Venerable Society is as follows : --

MR. BONDET TO THE SECRETARY.

"New- York, 3d April, 1714. Honored Sir:-- By my last of the 25th of Nov., 1713, if happily come to your hand, you are informed of the reception of yours of the 2Sth Jul}', 1712, and of my gratitude to the Honorable Society for their bounty, having brought my

a Alb. Rec. Lib. viii. pp. 1, 2, 3.

b .Missions of the Church of EuglauJ, by Eruest Hawkins, B. D., 2S2.

THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE.

salary to the rate of -£50- That seasonable relief of their equitable regard hath rescued me from several incouveniencies, who had rendered the maintenance of my family difficult and uneasy. I was in a perfect resolution to continue my service, trusting in the Lord, that when my circumstances should come plainly and truly to be known by the Honorable Society, their piety should resolve something for my relief, of which you have been pleased to iufonu me, as also of one hundred French Common Prayer Books, who came not with your letter, but are come since in very good order.