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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. 252 words

If t'le ConiplHinants would pr(;duce the Letter, tliey received fioiii t!ie Rev<r< nd Classis of Amsterdam, a I'uil Answer to this Pv)ijit will theraii be seen ;-- The Bute i Hearers pay nothing, either lor Ministtrs or Pew-Kent ; the English Hearers at the Sole Expejice of Englisli Pn aching ; e^ery member of the Clmrch goes to liear whom he pleases, and attends t!ie Saeraincnt w'lere he pleases, wit'r.out any Constraint whatever, and the Complainants may rest satisfied that no one desires to compel t em to ackiiO\vle<lge M'Laidlie, or to communicate with him -- T.iey are Ll't entirely at their Libej-ty,ai.d it is of no Consi (juence to us whether they do or not -- Tliey have takeji great Pains to rend the Ciuu'cli to Pieces, but happily, tliey have not succeeded j f.ieir Party is continually decreasing, and it is now reduced to an inconsiderable number of inconsiderable Pe<.ple, and th& Congregation is in as tioiii'ishirig a Ciuidition a? ever it was.

Our Proceedings have been as far as we know exactly conformable to the Rules of i ur C urch, and agreable to the Since of the Ciuss's of Amsterdam, and the Event of a tedious &- expensive Law Suit evinces that nothing has been done by us . contrary to t le Laws of t le Country ; from all wliic'i we humbly conceive, it will a^jpear to Your ExcelL ncy and this honourable Ii()ard of Council, that the said Complahits are altogether vexatii.us and without Foundation.