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;

a New York MSS. from archives at Fulham, Vol. ti.,490, 491, 492, 493. (Hawks.) £New York, .MSS. from archives at FulUatn, voL ii. 649-50. (Uawks.)

THE TOWN OF NORTH SALEM.

say : " That Mr. Towusend, missionary at Salem, states his congregations to be increasing. Hath baptized sixty-two infants and two adults."'* In 1775, they say " that Mr. Townsend is constant in the performance of his duty in his own parish and preaches frequently in the parts adjacent. From Lady Day to Michaelmas he baptized twenty-one infants and one adult, and admitted two new communicants. "& The abstracts for 1776 add : "That one letter from Mr. Townsend on September 20th. 1775. gives the same account of his mission, in which he hath baptized thirty infants, buried seven, and married three couple in the preceding half year."c