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Title: Centennial history of the First Presbyterian church of Easton, Pennsylvania : 1811-1911
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: First Presbyterian Church (Easton, Pa.) Stewart, Charles, of Easton, Pa
Subjects: First Presbyterian Church (Easton, Pa.)
Publisher: (Easton, Pa. : The Church
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library

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arly. Amounts varying from Sixteen Dollarsto One Dollar were pledged for the salary; in all 67 names.The amount collected the first year was Two Hundred andThirty-Six Dollars. The second year the subscribers numbered94 names and Three Hundred and Fifty-Nine Dollars collected,showing healthy growth. Mr. Bishop supplemented his incomeby teaching a classical school in the Union Academy on thehill, as well as by preaching in Mt. Bethel and at Durham. Upto that time, though fully organized ecclesiastically, the congre-gation was not legally incorporated by an act of the state,though it is evident from a carefully worded constitution inMr. Boyers time that such act of incorporation was contemp-lated. The constitution and by-laws that were not submittedto legislative enactment are interesting because of the rigid andprecise terms that characterize elections and deliberations. At a meeting held in the academy December 15th, 1817, Messrs.McKeen, Kennedy and Burke \^ere appointed a committee to
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Rev. David Bishop1816-1822 II draft a constitution. Messrs. Eseck Howell and Absolom Read-er were added to said committee on January 3d, 1818. Saidcommittee reported a draft of a constitution on January 15th,1818, which was adopted and ordered sent to Mr. Rogers oursenatorial delegate at Harrisburg for confirmation by the stateauthority. On January 22nd Mr. Rogers in his place present-ed Bill No. 76 on Senate file, and the Presbyterian Congrega-tion of the Borough of Easton was erected into a body politicand corporate in deed and in law. The first trustees under thecharter w^ere John Green, William Kennecy, Eseck Howell,Robert Innis, Joseph Burke, Absolom Reeder, Benjamin Green,Ralph Tindall and Jesse M. Howell. The charter empoweredthe trustees to adopt a common seal with such device as to themseemed suitable. The one adopted is of circular form havingwithin the rim the words—The First Presbyterian Congrega-tion of the Borough of Easton. A little above the center is thefigure of a

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