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Letter from Daniel Earl to Daniel Burton [Extract]
Earl, Daniel, d. 1790
October 20, 1765
Volume 07, Page 115

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[N. C. Letter Book S. P. G.]
Letter from Mr Earl to the Secretary. Extract.

Edenton 20th October 1765
No Carolina

Reverend Sir

—Since my letter to you of April last I have baptized in the Parish 37 Children and administered the sacrament of the Lords Supper to 30 Communicants I have preached this Summer and Autumn to three different Congregations in Berkley Parish who are destitute of a minister of the Gospel and likewise to one Congregation in Society Parish in both which parishes I baptized 85 children