Letter from Pierre Paris Irving to Wardens + Vestrymen of Trinity Church, Geneva
Entry/Object ID
HHV 003.264
Description
Letter from Pierre Paris Irving to Wardens + Vestrymen of Trinity Church, Geneva
Subject
Foreign Committee of the Board of Missions, resignation from Rectory of Trinity Church
Subject Person/Organization
Pierre Paris Irving (1806-1878), Wadens + Vestrymen of Trinity Church
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Geneva, NY
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Jul 15, 1843
Transcription
Transcription
Geneva July 15, 1843
To the Wardens + Vestrymen
Of Trinity Church Geneva
My Dear friends,
Gentlemen (Although I have never formally / communicated to you the fact yet it has been at various [^ different] / times made known to you in periods within the last three / years been suggested to)
I believe I communicate [^ no] new / piece of in
I have received official information of / my appointment to the office of Secretary of the Foreign / Committee of the Board of Mifsions of the Church: And / after the best attent consideration I can give the subject, / I am of opinion that it is my imperative duty to ac- / cept it.
My Salary here has never been adequate to my / support. And now the increasing family of wh. / I am surrounded admonishes me that I can no lon- / ger It is im This [^ little know to much of the Vestry] I have never personally commun- / nicated to you, because the salary paid [^ amount offered paid] was liberal / when compared with [^ that offered by] others, + I felt that no more / could reasonably be asked. Every effort which strong / attachment to the parish could prompt has been / made by me to provide things honest in the sight / of all men” _ . and my [^ there] need + those efforts are [^ have long been] known / to some of the parish who sympathized but had it / not in their power to [Incr-??] My / endeavors have not met with success and I therefore / can no longer hesitate about following the path /
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Which providence seems to have opened.
I therefore hereby resign the Rectorship / of Trinity Church Geneva. If agreeable to / the Vestry it would be my desire to con- / tinue in charge of the parish until the first / of August next + to take leave of the congee- / gation on the morning of the last Sunday / in this month.
As I cannot immediately make / arrangements for the removal of my / family, I should be glad (if agreeable to / the Vestry + the parsonage [^ house] should not in the / mean time be wanted for a successor,) / to retain possession of [^ the parsonage] it for a few weeks / say until the first of September. /
The records of the parish the register + the plate will be / Delivered to the [sermon] warden at any time prior to my departure.
I am Gentlemen with the warmest / interest in the welfare of this parish + the / most, sincere prayers for your happiness
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In du-[??]-lls
Your friend
Pierre P. Irving
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[ADDRESS]
To the Wardens + Vestry
Of Trinity Church
Geneva
