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sermon was preached, 142 persons had been baptized by the present pastor, and 64, viz. 14 men and 50 women, received to the communion.

In July, 1815, it was agreed with the First Church, to hold the monthly lecture alternately in Chauncy Place and Brattle Square. In 1818, the old practice of meeting in the latter place was resumed.

The first act of incorporation, which the Society possessed, was signed February 13, 1822. The qualifications of voters are therein specially

defined.

The front

In the spring of 1824, the south porch was removed by order of the city government, who subsequently, in accordance with a decision of referees, paid to the Society $3750. It became necessary to provide another entrance to the gallery, in place of that which was discontinued, and a thorough repair of the church was consequently made. porch was extended on each side by wings twenty feet in length, making the vestibule to the church more ample, and furnishing an entrance directly to the side aisles on the first floor, and stairs to the galleries. They contain two vestries and cellars for the air stoves, by which the church is warmed. The pews in the galleries were also differently arranged, and the whole newly painted, within and without. The wall on the north

side of the church, which had been built a year or two before, was raised, an iron railing erected in the south-west corner, and the staircase of the pulpit carried back to enlarge it.

(34.) p. 24. I WROTE this under a strong impression, derived from the anonymous pamphlet, mentioned in note 20. The question there incidentally raised about the place where Whitefield preached his first sermon is answered in his journal, with which I was not acquainted when the note was written. He preached first for Dr. Colman at a lecture.

(25.) p. 24. DURING one period of twenty-seven years, there were no less than 666 members added to the Church, making an average of 25 in a

year.

(36.) p. 25. THE contributions for the poor, as early as 1730, were not seldom £100, and £150, a large sum for those days. That part of the con'ution to the sufferers by the great fire in 1760, which was furnished by this Church, was £3407. I had made some other memoranda to justify the remark in the text; but they are mislaid.

(37.) p. 27. Jan. 25, 1823, Mr. William Homer, a venerable member of this Church, died, at the age of ninety-six. He remembered Dr. Colman's person and preaching distinctly. Two of the present members of the Church, Mrs. Bass and Mrs. Copeland, were baptized by Dr. Colman.

(38.) p. 28. MRS. ELIZABETH W. SPOONER, the excellent consort of Hon. William Spooner, died July 11, 1824.

The following is the most complete list I have been able to make of the deacons of this Church:

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BY JOHN G. Palfrey, A. M.
Pastor of the Church in Brattle Square.

PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.

BOSTON,

W. W. CLAPP, PRINTER-CONGRESS-ST.

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