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History of Orange County
Town of Newburgh
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Newburgh, October 3, 1804.

     The church party knowing from the current of events, the directions of the act above referred to, and the intentions of the acting trustees, that the rents would be lost, to the church and given to the schools, determined to regain if possible: by fair means, and through the ballot box, the possession of the funds, by electing trustees under the old charter as it was before broken up by the Legislature, and who would be favorable to their pretensions.
     To accomplish this they issued the following manifesto and notice.  
     In order to satisfy the public mind with regard to the appropriation of the property, in case the Church be successful, the establishment of her claim to the Glebe of the town of Newburgh the undersigned, make the following Declaration, for the scrupulous and religious fulfillment of which, we solemnly pledge ourselves, as far as Providential circumstances will permit—
     1.     The proceeds shall he applied according to the true intent and meaning of the charter, to the establishment and support of an Episcopal Church in the town of Newburgh, and of a regular clergyman for the same, subject to the discipline of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New York and in the United States—The said clergyman to receive such a proportion of the income of the property, as, according to the true intent & object of the Charter, the Trustees shall appoint and stipulate.
     2.     Provision shall be made for an instructor of youth according to the true intent and spirit of the Charter, who shall be subject to the direction and discipline of the said church, and for whom an appropriation shall be made in like manner, by the Trustees aforesaid.
     3.     The Academy shall be put under such regulations, subject to the authority of the said Church in Newburgh, in conjunction with the Bishop and convocation of the Clergy, as shall promise best to promote the literary advantage of the town of Newburgh aforesaid, and of the State at large.
     4.     As soon as the income from the property shall be found sufficient. Provision shall be made, by the Trustees, or the support of a Free School, for the children of the Poor residing on the Patent, at the discretion of the Trustees, according to the spirit of the Charter, which school shall be confined to a certain number, to be enlarged however, from time to time, as the funds will permit.
     5.     The Trustees shall appoint a Treasurer and Collector, in one person, which may be one of themselves; who shall be allowed a reasonable per centum, to be fixed by the Vestry in Session; and the Trustees shall regularly render every year to the Vestry in their corporate capacity an account of the proceeds and expenditures; which account shall not he allowed as just, unless audited and passed by the Vestry, or by a committee of their appointment.
     6.     In order to make all things commodious and agreeable to all parties concerned, the leases, if renewable, shall be renewed on reasonable terms, on the three hundred acres, according to the true intent and meaning of the Charter, and in all cases, the present leaseholders shall be first considered, and their convenience shall in all points be promoted; excepting only where it shall be made appear that the said leaseholders have made the property an object of speculation, to the unjustifiable disadvantage of the Church.

In testimony of our religious determination to carry the above Declaration into complete fulfillment, in all points in good faith, according to the best of our abilities: We have hereunto affixed our hands and seals, in Newburgh, this 31st day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1805.

Cave Jones, Agent for the Church appointed by the Bishop.
                    J. Fisk, W. CASE, of Counsel for the Church.

     NOTICE—All the male inhabitants, above the age of twenty-one years, residing on the tract of land known by the name of the German Patent, and who belong to the Protestant Episcopal Church, are desired to give their attendance at the old Episcopal Church in the Village of Newburgh, on Monday, the 4th day of November next, at 12 o’clock at soon in order to chose two Trustees of the Parish of Newburgh, according to the true intent and meaning of the Charter granting the Glebe on the said Patent.
October 31, 1805