Duane, which were transmitted to him, at their request, by the Bishop; in a letter expressive of his regard and regret in such terms as befitted their relations as old friends.

_ Judge Duanevremoved a few days after to Schenectady, where he owned some property, and where he had frequently spent part of the year with his family, designing to remain in that city until he could carry into effect his intention of fixing his permanent residence in Duanesburgh. | His private business gave him' sufficient occupation, his estate consisting principally of wild

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lands purchased before the revolution, and which by leasing and improving in his own hands he was endeavoring to render productive. His Vermont lands had been released to that state by New York, against his consent, under promise of a trifling equivalent, and even that not paid until some time after bis death. He considered our State bound to make good the loss of its citizens in relinquishing these lands, and among his 'papers is part of a brief on the subject prepared for Mr. Harrison, who once argued the matter before the Assembly on behalf of the proprietors. In 1795 he had the gratification of witnessing the consecration, by Bishop Provost, of an Episcopal church he had erected in Duanesburgh, at his own expense. In 1796 he commenced building a house in that town for his own residence, but he never lived to complete it. On the morning of the first of February, 1797, just as he was about to rise, he was taken with an affection of the heart, and expired immediately.