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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. 289 words

So after h.aving argued ttie matter of right with him from the words of tiie Act in presence of Coll: Morris and M'" Regnier of tins place I told him that I would forthwith give directions thatM'' Poyer should commence a suit against him and that they should not Hatter themselves that it might be dropped- thro' M Poyer's present wants f T he should not want v/ '.! ere wi thai! to carry it on through all the h'U ,tiis so just a cause required and accordingly Avrote to M'' Poyer t-.^ vhat purpose whic'i letter I dt sired the Justice to cai-ry ;!i'(l 'le begged to be excused alledging it were hard to oblige him lo carry his own condemna!icn so I gave tliat trouble to M' Regnier ■■ ho undertook to deliver it wit'i his OAvn hands M Coe the Justice mentimed told me tliat all this was a practice of one Clous a most vici uS wretch into whose hands M'' Poyer unfortunately i-'h at Ids first setting out and lodg'd in his house led by his jiretcndcd zeal lor tlic Chu.rcii but as lie himself lias since owned to ?vl»' Sharp, he was soon obliged to change his lodgings few of Ids own Communion desiring to come near him whilst lie was in so bad company for said M'' Coe there were ot'ier Justices of tiie C'lurc't's communion upon the place which ]night possibly have made a stretcli in lier favor if they I'ad l^een applied to and w'lioii we mig'it liave acquiesced in for quiet. But the fetch was that I by going these lengths disoblige all those of my own communion or refusing incur the displeasure & harsh opinion of the Gover^