Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
Edward Viscount Cornbury Cap^ Gen^' and Gov^ in Cheif of the Provinces of New York New- Jersey &c. You are hereby Required to pay ye moneys made of y« Corn Collected fiDr the maintenance of a Minister for the Town of Jamaica in Queens county and w'^ Remains in your hands to the Reverend M^ William Urqualiart and for soe doing tliis shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given und-- my hand att Ifort Anne in New Yorke this twenty eighth day of August 1704-.
Cornbury. To the Justices of tlie Peace for Queens County k to the Vestrymen and Church Wardens of the Church of Jamaica in the said County.
AN ORDER
TO THE JUSTICES AND VESTRYMEN TO LEVY A TAX FOR THE MINISTER OF JAMAICA.
By his Excellency Edward Viscount Cornbuiy Cap* Gen^i
and Govern^ in Cheif of y^ Provinces of New York New
Jersey &c.
You are hereb}^ required foi'thwith to lay a Tax on the
Inhabitants of Queens Comity for raising the maintenance for
the Minister of Jamaica in the said County for liis present year
and the said Tax laid to Levy and Collect or cause to be Levyed
and collected pursuant to the Act of assembly passed in the
sixth Session of Generall Assembly begun the 12*^ day of
September 1693 Entituled an act f^r selling a Ministry and
raising a maintenance for tliem in the Citty of New York, County
©f Richmond, Westchester, and Queens Coimty and hereof you
208 PAPERS RELATING TO CBTUBCHES IN QUEENB COUNTf.