To all hands unto whom this shall come :

Whereas 'tis said that I Jolin Smith of the Little Plalnes should say that uppon questioning Jonathan Whitehead for rideing upon the Sabbath day the said Whitehead should make answer & say that there ought to be no di^erence in days & that a mail might doe any thing upon the Sabbatli day as well as upon any other which is a fab report of y« said Whitehead I affii-me as witness my hand

24 Feb 1703

ORDER TO SUMMON THE CHURCH OFFICERS OF JAMAICA BEFORE LORD CORNBURY.

New York 25th ffebruary 1702.

Sir,

I am comanded by his Excellency to give you notice to somons Nehemiah Smith and William Glenn Church wardens, Hope Carpenter, Nathaniell Denton, Thopias Smith, William Bloodgood, Thomas Willet, David Wright, John Coe, Content Titus, Joseph Sackit, and John Berrien, Vestry men of the town of; Jamaica in Queens County, to be and appeare before his Excellency in Conncill on Munday the first day of March next ensuing, and I desire that you will give me notice thereof, that I may informe his Excellency that you liave done the same. I am your humble servant

B. CosENs, C^ Councij. Endorsed,

" Letter to the SherriiFe of Queens County, to sumons the Church wardens before his Excellency. 25th fieb'-y 1702."

202 PAPERS RELATING TO CHLTRCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY.

ORDER TO THE ATTORNEY GEN^ TO ENQUIRE INTO A RIOT AT JA^IAICA.

At a Coiuicill held at Sort Anne this 27*1' day of July 1703 Present -- Ills Excell. Edwai-d Viscount Cornbuiy &c.* Sa: Sh: Broughton ^ Hip Van Dam Esq'"