Sir : -- This is a large county, full of people without any constant public worship in any method ; and as they have not enjo}-ed the benefit of any regular and constant administration of God's word and sacraments, since the first settlement of the country, vice and immorality abound among them. The Sabbath is, by great numbers, spent in riding, visiting, hunting, fishing and such like diversions ; and by some, it is profaned by practices still worse. There are some Church people, Presbyterians, Baptists and Quakers scattered among them, and great numbers who don't belong to any particular denomination of Christians. It has been proposed by some of them to build a church or Presbyterian meeting house, but nothing is yet concluded. I believe the Church people would exert themselves and immediately build a small church, were there any hopes the mission might be divided so as they might be included, and enjoy some stated portion of a minister's labors ; and, indeed, considering their destitute circumstances and the prospect of advancing the interest of the Church and promoting piety among them, or at least of stopping the growth of immorality-- considering also the increasing fatigue of this mission, in which are three churches at present, and a fourth building -- I would humbly request, with submission to the Society, that such a division might be made ; and if Danbury also was included, which is in great need of a minister of the Church, it might conveniently be divided into two equal parts, each containing three churches ; and after some time, as the people grow more able, another mission might be added to great advantage, each of the three having the care of two churches."6 The Society's abstracts for 1772;