March, 1761, it was "resolved, that there should be allowed by this corporation the sum of five hundred pounds current money of New-York, towards purchasing a new organ for Trinity Church; it having been proposed by several gentlemen to raise by subscription so much, as in addition to the said five hundred pounds, would amount to seven hundred guineas. Whereupon it was ordered, that the Church Wardens pay the said five hundred pounds to such person or persons as shall undertake to send for the said organ, when the said subscription should be compleat."

And it was likewise ordered, "that Mr. Thomas Harison should be employed as the organist for Trinity Church, and allowed for his services as such, the sum of eighteen pounds current money of New-York per quarter, and that his salary should commence from the first Sunday he should begin to play."

In the course of a short time the amount to be raised by private subscription was probably filled up, for in the following year the Churchwardens were directed by the Board to pay to Mr. George Harison the sum of five hundred pounds, voted by this corporation, towards purchasing an organ for Trinity Church.

The next event to be noticed is the death of Dr. Barclay, and the election of his successor. As in his arduous mission at Albany and among the Mohawk Indians, he had distinguished himself by his zeal and indefatigable labours, "so when chosen Rector of Trinity Church, the same assiduous attention to the duties of his office, the same ardor in promoting religion as

formerly, marked every step of his conduct. His character was truly respectable, his disposition most amiable and engaging. Meek, affable, sweet-tempered, and devout, his life was exemplary; whilst he cherished the warmest spirit of benevolence and charity. During his incumbency the congregation greatly increased. St. George's Chapel was built, and the design was formed of building St. Paul's. This last however he did not live to see executed, but it was accomplished soon after, under his successor."*

*Note to a funeral sermon of the Rev. Mr. Inglis on Dr. Auchmuty-Churchman's Magazine, vol. 5, pp. 82, 83.

CHAPTER III.

Ar a meeting of the Vestry, held on the 28th day of August, 1764, the Rev. Dr. Barclay having departed this life on the 20th instant

It was unanimously resolved and ordered, that the Rev. Samuel Auchmuty be, and he is hereby elected, called, and chosen to be Rector of Trinity Church in this city, in the room and place of the Rev. Dr. Henry Barclay, late Rector, deceased; and that Mr. Williams and Mr. Stuyvesant be desired to wait on the said Mr. Auchmuty, to acquaint him with this resolution, and to know if he will accept of the said call, and report his answer thereupon immediately to this Board.

The said Mr. Williams and Mr. Stuyvesant having waited on Mr. Auchmuty pursuant to their appointment, reported that he would accept of the said call; and he being introduced into the Vestry room, he again declared his assent to, and accepted the said call. Whereupon it was ordered, that this Board present the said Mr. Auchmuty to his Honour the Lieutenant Governour, and desire he may be admitted and Instituted as Rector, and Inducted into the said Church; and a presentation being prepared for that purpose to the Honorable Cadwallader Colden, Esq., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of New York, and the Territories depending thereon, in America, and the same being read, was signed and sealed by all the members present.

The proceedings with respect to the presentation of Mr. Auchmuty to the Governor, the Governor's admission to him, the letters of institution, the mandate to induct him, and the certificate of his induction,

being the same as in the case of the Rev. Dr. Barclay, it is unnecessary to repeat them.

At the same meeting, the question being put, whether two Gentlemen of the Clergy should be called as Assistant Ministers to the Rector in his parochial dutys, or only one, it was resolved by a majority, that for the present one would be sufficient. Whereupon it was resolved and ordered, that the Rev. Mr. Charles Inglis (a Gentleman well recommended by the Rector) be called as Assistant to the said Rector in his Parochial duties, and that he be allowed for that service by this corporation a salary of Two hundred pounds currency p. annum, besides what may be raised for him by subscription, and that he be also allowed twenty Pistoles for his travelling expenses.

Resolved, That the Rector and Church Wardens be desired to write to Mr. Winslow, returning him the thanks of this corporation for his kindness in performing Divine Service during the Indisposition of the late Rector, Doctor Barclay, and that they have power to present him the sum of fifty pounds as a gratuity for the same, and beg his acceptance thereof.

At the very next meeting of the Vestry, however, the question whether there should be one or two Assistant Ministers was reconsidered, and it was then

Resolved and Ordered, That the Reverend Mr. John Ogilvie, (a Gentleman well recommended by the Church Wardens,) be called as an Assistant Minister to the Rector in his Parochial duties, and that he be allowed for that service by this corporation a salary of Two hundred pounds currency p. annum, besides what may be raised for him by subscription.

The news of Dr. Barclay's death was communicated to the Society by Mr. Auchmuty in his letter dated September 10, 1764, together with the announcement of the fact, that he had been appointed to succeed him as Rector of Trinity Church; and being thus decently provided for, he took occasion to return his most

sincere thanks to the Society for their bounty to him as catechist to the blacks; which trust, as we have seen, was discharged by him with so much fidelity and

success.

A short time after, the Rev. Mr. Auchmuty communicated to the Board a letter to himself, from the Rev. Mr. Charles Inglis, in the following words:

REV'D, WORTHY SIR:

PHILADELPHIA, Decemt 3d, 1764.

When Mrs. Inglis lay on her death-bed, I foresaw the difficulties that would attend my removal from Dover, and therefore wrote to you then, releasing you from your engagement to me, and requesting you to provide some person to supply my place as assistant. Every letter you received from me since, was written in much distress and perplexity of mind, as you may naturally suppose, and in doubt as to my removal, in consequence of these difficulties on the one hand, and my inclination to settle at New-York on the other.

I have lately had a better opportunity of knowing the state of my mission than formerly, when my mind was first overwhelmed with my loss. I shall therefore lay its state before you, and then explicitly tell my resolution in consequence of it. This I should have done before had not my affliction, and perplexity occasioned by it, prevented me. Mrs. Inglis's state of health was my principal reason for leaving Dover. Altho' there was much discontent among my people at hearing of my intended removal, yet this reason in some measure silenced, tho' it did not fully satisfy them. On her death, they renewed