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116 NORWALK. [1726.
to the inhabitants of ye upper society the old pulpit
upon free gift.
A Minister allowed to Saugaluck.
At the same meeting, the town by a major vote grants
to ye inhabitants about Sawkatuck, liberty to improve
some meet person or minister of ye gospel to preach
among them, &c., they paying their full dues to ye support
of ye minister of ye town.
Mr. Buckingham's Letter to the Town.
At a town Meeting convened in Norwalk, March 22d,
1725-6
To the Town of Norwalk now conven'd together, I
being heartily concerned for ye difficult state of the
town, and thinking sincerely within myself, that a loving
accommodation of ye difficulties and differences at present
between ye town and myself, will be everyway
most conducive to ye peace and union of the town, and
the satisfaction of every member therein ; and so, in
the whole, most declarative of the glory of God, and
most for the interest of religion, more especially in this
place, I thereupon, with Christian concern, move to ye
town for an accommodation of ye s^
The Town most gladly receiving
difficulties.
S. Buckingham.
Mr. Buckingham's
desire, do heartily fall in with his motion for an accommodation
of ye difficulties ;
provided the Rev. Mr.
Davenport, Mr. Cook, and Mr. Chapman, do propose
any meathod for such an accommodation, which they
do think to be equivalent to,
or may answer, the advice
of the late association at Norwalk.
Read off to ye town
and by a major vote past in ye affirmative.