Witness our said trusty and well beloved Cadwallader Colden, Esquire, our Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-chief of our Province of New York, and the territories depending thereon in America, at our Fort George in our City of New York, the second day of June, in the year of our Lord, one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-two, and of our reign the second. All of which we have exemplified by these presents. In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed. Witness our trusty and well beloved George Clinton, Esquire, Governor of our said State, General and Commander-in-chief of all the militia and admiral of the navy of the same, at our City of New York, the fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-three, and in the seventeenth year of our independence. "a

The subjoined letter of Mr. Houdin to the Secretary, shows the unlawful method taken by the Calvinists to obtain possession of the Church glebe : --

MR. HOUDIN TO THE SECRETARY.

"New Rochelle, Oct. 10th, 1763. "Rev'd Sir: -- I received your kind letter some time last summer, in which you acquaint me the Venerable Society is desirous to be acquainted with our troubles. To give you a true account, I must come up to the first establishment of New Rochelle. One Jacob Leisler made a purchase of John Pell for the French Refugees of a tract of laud (called since, New Rochelle) of 6000 acres of land, and in the said deed it is said that John Pell and Rachel his wife, do also give one hundred acres of land more for a French Church erected or to be erected by the inhabitants of the said tract of land or their assigns.