It is voted and agreed upon by the justices and vestry aforesaid, that the parisA church in Westchester, shall be finished, that is to say, to seal the sides up to the wall plates, and lay a board floor, and make two new door cases, with doors and window shuts for the windows in said church, the upper windows excepted ; and whereas, Jeremiah Fowler and Isaac Irehii, presenting themselves to do said work, the justices and vestry have agreed with them to do said worke for £17, in good current money of New York, provided, that as soon as they have laid the under floor and made the doors, and door cases and windowshuts, they shall be paid to the value of said work, and the renminder of said £17, at the finishing thereof. The justices and vestry to find bords, and nails and hinges.

Edmund CulUerJ^

"At a subsequent meeting held by ye justices, churchwardens and vestry, &c., this 23d day of December, 1707, they found ii necessary to raise ye sumes which followeth, viz.

To ye minister's rate and collecting .... £b2 100 To yc poor, &c 29 8 0

To boards for Eastchester church . . . . . 5 0 0

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To ye clerk of ye vestry ;£! 0 0

To ye bell ringer ........ 100

To ye collecting of 11 0 0

To ye belfry roof of Westchester church . . . 0 7 0

. To ye sacrament and collection . . . . . 3 8 0