Letter from Pierre Paris Irving to Committee of Christ Church, Williamsburg
Entry/Object ID
HHV 003.265
Description
Letter from Pierre Paris Irving to Committee of Christ Church, Williamsburg
Subject
Copy of letter of acceptance of provisional duties at Christ Church, Williamsburg
Subject Person/Organization
Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878), Committee of Christ Church, Rev. James Milnor
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New York
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Feb 7, 1846
Transcription
Transcription
Mission Rooms
New York Feb’y 7th 1846
Mrfs’ John J. D-[?fsy] }
[H.V.] Raymond } Committee +c
And: Dickinson }
Gentlemen
I have to acknowledge receipt / of your communication, as a Committee of the / Vestry of the parish of Christ Church, Williamsburgh / in which I am invited to take the provisional charge / of the parish recently organised in your village.
I feel much gratified by this mark of your / confidence and beg to assure you of the sincere / interest with which I regard your enterprise. / Desirous of doing all in my power to promote / so laudable an undertaking, I will very / cheerfu-[lly?] lend such further aid as my other / duties will permit. During the present / month my engagements on Missionary business / are such as to prevent my officiating for you / Sundays until after its close: altho: you / can call on me during the week for any / pastoral duty that may be required. After / the 1st March I hope to be able to give more / attention personally to your affairs.
It is of course understood by me that / this provisional [^ charge] is not to prevent the Vestry / of Christ Church from electing a rector whenever /
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Such a step may be deems expedient: and at / the same time, should other duties forbid my / bestowing the attention [^ upon] to the parish which / it demands, I shall consider myself at / liberty to relinquish the charge
I am —-
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[LABEL]
Copy of Reply to Vestry of
Christ Ch. Williamsburg
[L.I.]
Feb 7, 1846
