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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II — Passage 96 (part 3)

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] The curious reader will not be displeased with one or two more of these accounts, showing the expenses attendant on building a church at that early period : "Benjamin Fowler's account in full for ye church: May 11th, 1753, dito 6-days works at geting timber for the dors and the winder frams for the church, at 5 shillings per day, £1 12 6. September the 20th, to working and going to ask » Surrogate's ofEce, N. Y. No. xviii.3. YoL. II. 60 w-HISTORY OF THE the peple to come to work at the church, 8 days, (fcc, <fcc. John UnderhilTs receipt for supplying the workmen at the church with beef, commencing August 31st. Madame Philipse ditOj 09 pound of beef at 2^ M per pound, £15 10 3.. ■ -Received of Beverly Robinsoji. ■'. ^.' -• the above amount in full., ■ ■ -;,'".'■ • John Underhill." Nothing remains of the original structure, except the walls and tower, the roof and wood work having been destroyed by an accidental fire, May, 1791. When the ruins of the church came to be examined after this melancholy accident, the skeleton