Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society (Volume 4)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 Excerpt: ...Bay, or any other which may be thought of here or elsewhere for the same laudable purpose. JOHN ROGERS, Moderator. At the annual meeting held in Dover, Sept. 19, 1770. Upon a representation of the state of the inhabitants of the back settlements in this province, who arc destitute of the privilege of the gospel ministry, by a letter from a number of ministers in the western part of the province, communicated by the Rev. Dr. Langdon, which had been previously laid before some Associations in this province, the convention took into consideration the expediency of applying to the General Assembly for such help to those destitute people, as to their wisdom shall appear meet; and appointed Drs. Langdon and Haven, with the Clerk, to draw up a Memorial for this purpose, to be laid before the convention to-morrow, and then adjourned to 9 o'clock, to-morrow morning. The committee reported a draught of a memorial, which being read and amended, was accepted, and is as follows: To his Excellency, John Wentworth, Esq. Governor and Commander in Chief; to the Honorable his Majesty's Council, and the Honorable House of Representatives of his Majesty's province of New-Hampshire, in General Court assembled. The memorial of a number of the ministers of the gospel in said province, at their annual convention; humbly sheweth, That since the late conquest of Canada, ' there has been a large and rapid increase of inhabitants in the interior part of this province, and a great number of towns are now settling at once, by persons who have removed into the wilderness under such circumstances, that at present they are utterly unable to procure or support a gospel ministry among them, by which means they are deprived of the religious instructions and exhortations they formerly enjoyed. ...