Philadelphia, when taken down, be delivered to Mr. John Ross, for the use of Emanuel Church in New Castle."

The Rev. Mr. Sturgeon, who had been assistant to Dr. Jenney, and catechist to the negroes for seven years, appears from the following letter from the secretary of the society, to have given great satisfaction by his ministerial labours.

Reverend Sir,

Charter House, October 19th, 1754.

Your several letters are come duly to hand; and, before the recommendation of you by the rector and church wardens arrived, the society had taken notice of your great pains and diligence in the work of the ministry, and ordered you a gratuity of ten pounds, which you may draw for when you please, over and above your salary, on Edward Pearson, Esq., their treasurer, in Barton street Westminster; and if upon the representation in your favour, the society shall think proper to do any thing farther, you shall have due notice of it; but I am apt to believe the society will desire to know first what the vestry itself does for you, to see whether they, who express themselves so very sensible of your deserts, have on their part made the proper return to you. With this come some Bibles, Common Prayer Books, &c., for the negroes, and to be distributed at your best discretion. That God may bless you, and that you may, in due time, receive the reward of your pious labours, is the hearty prayer of your Very humble, and affection servant and brother,

PHILIP BEARCROFT.

To the Rev. Mr. Sturgeon, catechist to the negroes in

Philadelphia.

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1755.

August 23. "Mr. Jacob Duché, treasurer of the money raised for building the steeple, &c., having paid away all the cash which came into his hands by subscriptions and lotteries for that purpose, amounting to £3162. 9s. 11d., and closed his accounts, now desired they may be examined; and as he was appointed by the vestry one of the superintendents for carrying on the work, prays that he may now be discharged in like manner." The vestry find the accounts correct, and "return their hearty thanks to Mr. Duché, for his great faithfulness, care and pains in the above mentioned service." Mr. Duché's account, as treasurer for Christ Church steeple fund, is as follows, viz. :—

To sundry disbursements from May 10th, 1751, to September 23d, 1752, being before the lotteries,

To ditto since the lotteries,

To ditto from the collections for hanging the

bells and otherwise,

1756.

February 3. A plan and estimate for building a wall" on the north side and west end of the church yard, and also for palisades in the front," having been submitted to the vestry by George Okill," acting church warden," a committee was appointed to make collections for the above purposes. At their next meeting, March 24th, "the church warden reported that the collection for the church wall, &c. amounted to one hundred and sixty-five pounds, nine shillings and sixpence."

April 26. "Ordered, that as George Okill projected and began the wall now carrying around the church yard, he be appointed to supervise and carry on the same until it is complete, with the palisades in front, agreeable to the plan."

May 3. It was "agreed that in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds, which Hugh Roberts and Attwood Shute agreed to pay, an alley or foot or foot way of six feet wide shall be left open, and out of the southernmost part of the church yard or ground, and shall extend from second street into church alley; that the said alley shall forever hereafter remain open and free as a common and public alley, or foot way, for all persons; that the wall on the north

side of said alley shall be built at the expense of the congregation, and that the said Hugh Roberts and Attwood Shute pay and be at the expense of regulating, paving, and fixing posts and rails at each end of said alley."

June 15. The amount of pew money collected in two years, from Easter 1754 to Easter 1756, is reported to be £628. 14s.

August 25. "It was unanimously agreed that an address should be presented to the honourable William Denny, our governor." An address was accordingly drawn up in the name of "the minister, assistant, church wardens, and vestrymen of Christ Church," congratulating him "on his safe arrival to his government of Pennsylvania.”

1757.

September 22. "A proposal for paving half the street opposite to the church being made, it was unanimously agreed that the same should be done, provided the inhabitants on the opposite side would agree to pave their proportion, and Henry Harrison is appointed to settle that point with his neighbours, and agree with the workmen for perfecting the same, and paving a small part of the street before the parsonage house; to be paid out of the public money of the congregation."

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Agreeably to the above order, "192 yards and 7 feet" of pavement were laid "fronting the church ground, and part of the parsonage lot," at an expense of £16. 16s. 3d.

1758.

April 3. It was "Resolved, that the ringers of the bells be paid the sum of nineteen pounds yearly, as usual, for ringing the bells for the service of the church on Sundays, &c. And for their ringing on the following holy days, viz: Christmas, Circumcision, or New Year's day, Easter, Whitsuntide, the 29th of May, and 5th of November, they are to receive from the church wardens fifteen shillings for each of said days. And further, it is resolved that the church bells shall ring only one night a week for improvement in that art."

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June 20. A new church, to be erected in the southern part of the city, had been long talked of, and the subject had been brought before the vestry several times, but without success. was now undertaken with much earnestness, as the following proceedings of the vestry will show.

"It is unanimously agreed that another church is much wanted; and it is proposed that the taking and collecting the subscriptions, and