[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] May, 187d Rev. C. J. Page November, 1875 Rev. V. Osterhout August, 1877 Rev. J. B. Smith, D.D March, 1882 Rev. Charles Coleman February 1,1883 Rev. William I). Hedden Thk Society ok Friends. — An organization of the Society of Friends was effected in Peekskill in 1804, the principal members being Nathaniel Browne, James Merritt and Joshua \\reeks. The society at first worshipped in a stone building on the rear of the property on South Street now owned by William Tompkins, and later in a meeting-house built in 1811 on property given for the purpose by Nathaniel Browne. It is a small frame structure with shingled sides, and is located on South Street, west of Wash-ington. In 1828, owing to the division of the society throughout the country into the Hicksite branch and the branch calling themselves the Orthodox Friends, the latter party in Peekskill withdrew from the old meeting-house, leaving the Hicksites in possession. Two or three years after the separation the Orthodox party began meeting in a building almost opposite the present location of the post-office, and in 1857 purchased a lot on Crornpond Street, where the pres-ent church was erected. The principal members of the Hicksite party at the time of division were Joshua Weeks, Zopher Jones, Stephanas Hunt, Gilbert Dickinson, James H. Conklin and John 0. Conklin. Prominent among the Orthodox Friends were James Brown, Stephen