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At the same time a letter was addressed to Queen Anne.

To y Queen's Most Excellent Majestic The Humble Address Of the Minister & People Belonging to y° Church in Rhoad Island In America.

Most Sacred Sovereign

Amidst the Acclamations of Dutifull Subjects Attending your Majes Glorious Reign Adorn'd with y° Bright Carracters reducing Tyrants to Reason & uniting Mankind in Interest & Affection we Beg Leave to Appear before your Maj With our Most Loyal Regards And Most Humble thanks for y° Design your Maj' has been Pleased to Encourage of Adding y° Conquest of Cannada to ye Glory of the British Empire In America this is a Design so Wise in y Contrivance, Carrying so benefitial A Prospect in its Consequences And Above all so Admirably founded upon y Noblest & Most Perfect Principall Your Majes Most Ardent Zeale of making your Religion Eaqually with your trophies that we think ourselves In Duty Bound upon y° Illustrous Occation to testify both our gratitude and Just Esteem of your Sacred Person & Administration May Conquests & Laurels Incircle Your Head & triumphs Attend your Glorious Arms till ye King of Kings translate your Victorious Soul & seat it upon An Immoveable throne as yo Reward of Your Vertuous Person While Incence is offered Your Memory upon Earth to Perfume & Preserve It fragrant During y° succession of time

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Hon Sr

Newp Rhoad Island June y 30th 1709

We beg Leave to Embrace this Occasion Most Humbly to thank your Hon' for all your Kind Donations to our Church & more Espetially for y° last because it is Most seasonable to Assist us in setting up our Bell Given by Her Maj' & safely brought to our Hands We most Hartily Say ye Continuance of your favour & Encouragement to us Hopeing & Praying that Providence may Again Establish you in a capasity Eaquall to your Inclinations to Advance y Interest & Hon of these Infant American Churches which Already owe so much to your bounty & Charity. We presume to transmit you yo Inclosed Address to yo Queen of Which we Intreat your Hon". Care as well as Conveyance of this Letter to y Lord Bishop of London which we have sent open to your Perusal to Inform your Honour of y Resolution we have taken to Prevent all future Differences we are now to ask Pardon for this trouble & leave to subscribe,

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"the original founder and first principal patron of Trinity Church." He certainly was active and prominent in establishing the Church, and there is ample evidence that he was liberal in his gifts. In this respect, so far as is known, he quite surpassed all of its other benefactors, and the Minister and Church Wardens showed their grateful appreciation, not only of his gifts, but also of his ready aid, when they wished to reach the ear of the Queen, or of the Bishop of London.

The bell referred to hung in the tower from 1709 to 1740, when it cracked and was sent to London to be recast.

Revrd Sir.

Newpt on Rhoad Island.
June 30th 1709.

We having Present Occasion for that Money which was Left By Collet Nicholson In your Hands some years since for y° use of our Church, We Desire you will order y Payment of It as soon as Possible & when we know what it is & how & when Paid we shall transmit you a Receipt under our Hands.

We Expect your order this Post, & subscribe ourselves.

Your Very Humble Servants

JAMES HONYMAN

NICHOS LANGE

THOMS LILLIBRIDGE

Church Wardens.

To y Reverend Mr. Sam"

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Jamil Myles

Rev. Samuel Myles succeeded Rev. Mr. Radcliffe as minister of King's Chapel, Boston, June 29, 1689. He graduated at Harvard in 1684, officiated in King's Chapel for nearly thirty-nine years, and died in March, 1727-8. His father was Elder John Myles, who came from Wales and was a Baptist preacher. An Assistant, who was sent out to Mr. Myles from England, named Dansy, died on the passage, and Mr. Myles comforted the widow by marrying her.

"He was the oldest Episcopal minister of the town [at the time of his death]. The Rev. Mr. Honneyman, of Rhode Island; Mr. Plant, of Newbury; Mr. Piggot, of Marblehead; Mr. McSparran, of Narragansett; Mr. Miller, of Braintree; and Mr. Watts were bearers. The Rev. Mr. Cutter led the widow, the Rev. Mr. Harris walked before the corpse and buried it. The corpse was also followed by his Honor the Lieut.-Governor, and Council, the Justices and the Di senting ministers of the town, with a vast number of gentlemen and chants."-The New England Weekly Journal.

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