The Venerable Society's Bounty, & an uncertain Subseription, which is daily lessening by the Removal of some of the Congregation to the Country, is a very insufficient Support for a Family at Schenectady, & more so-as House-rent must be deducted from that Pittance. .
These Circumstances when combined together, will clearly evince the Hardships I labor under, & render, I hope, my conduct justifiable in the Eyes of the Society, & of the People. And more particularly so, as I shall engage not to relinquish the Mission 'till it is properly supplied, and not even then without your Approbation.
This Gentleman ,who now officiates in my Room, is personally known to Colonel Johnson, & I believe wou'd, if agreeable to you & the People, accept the Mission. He is a Relation of Mr, Ellices. A Person of good Abilities, & a fairCharacter.
Now shou'd you choose to favor me with recommendatory Letters to the Southward to such of your Acquaintances as you thought proper on this Oceasion, I 'wou'd, depending on their
Here, for the first four weeks, he performed divine service in the R. Catholie church, and afterwards in the barracks where he resided. A place of worship was, however, afterwards erected, and Mr. D. continued missionary at this place until 1798.' It is with concern (says the Society) that it has received information that they are deprived of the useful services of this worthy Missionary, Mr. John Doty, by his removal into his native country, to take charge of St. Anne's church at Brooklyn on Long Island in the Province of New York, (Abstract of 1794 b.) His connection with this church must however been brief, for his name occurs, again in 1796, on the Society's list as Missionary at Sorel, whither he must have returned the previous year.