Oswald Cammann, Esq., in the Chair ; ^V'illiam Watson Waldrj-. acting as Secretary. It was then and there,

Eesohfd: "That the persons present do proceed to incorporate theaiselrcs as a religious Socisty in Communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church in tL'^' United States of America ; and that tlie said Church and Cont^resatlon he know.; in la-.v, by the name and title of the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St." James* Church in the ]Manor of Fordham, town of West Farms, County of Wts'- cliester. The meeting proceeded to choose two church-wardcas an.l eight vcstrvmen for the said chm-ch, when the following persons were elected: Lewis G. ilorris and William Alexander Smith, church-wardens ; Oswald Cammann, Francis McFarlan, William Watson Waldron, George Bement Butler, Sanmel \i Trowbridge, Gulian Ludlow Dashwood. William Ogden Giles and Xathaaiel Piatt Bailey, vestrymen."

In 1S64 the vestry purchased two acres of land, near the village of Fordham. adjoining to and fronting on the grand Central Avenue leading from New York to White Plains. Here the corner stone of the new Church of St. James was laid May 28th, 1S64. The building so auspiciously begun was completed the following year, and consecrated on All Saints day (Xov. ist) by the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of the Diocese; the Rev. Morgan Dix, D. D., rector of the Trinity church. New York, preaching the sermon. The edifice which is constructed of native stone, with red sand-stone trimmings, is in the early English style, consisting of nave, southern transept and apsidal chancel; to which it is proposed to add in the future a tower over the south-west entrance.