CHAPTER XXIII.

THE   RECTORSHIP   OF   DR,   INGLIS:    1777-1783.

Election and Induction—Death of Hildreth, Head Master of the Charity School—
Financial Difficulties of the Corporation—Insecurity of Property and Life in the City
—Inglis Preaches to the " Loyal American" Corps—Marriage of Beverley Robinson
and Nancy Barclay—Death of Elias Desbrosses—Kindly Relations between the Dutch
and English Churches—Letters of Papinian—Baroness Riedesel's Account of Affairs
in the City—Proposal to Rebuild Trinity Church—Surrender of Lord Cornwallis—
Death of Dr. Inglis's Son—Death of Mrs. Inglis—Dr, Inglis under Attainder—Re¬
signs his Office as Rector—Election of Rev, Benjamin Moore as his Successor—Fare¬
well Sermon—Removal to Halifax—Subsequent History—Consecrated the First
Colonial Bishop of the Church of England—Dies at Halifax, Febniary 24, iSio.

SIXTEEN days after the death of Dr. Auchmuty, the
Rev. Charles Inglis was elected to fill his place. He
was the unanimous choice of the Vestry, whose names it
may be of interest to place on record:

Wardens, Nathaniel Marston, Jr., and Elias Des¬
brosses ; Vestrymen, Robert Crommeline, David Clarkson,
Theophylact Bache, Adrian Renaudet, Thomas Hill, Ed¬
ward Laight, Anthony Van Dam, John Charlton, Benja¬
min Kissam, John T. Kempe, Miles Sherbrooke, John
Griffith, Gabriel H. Ludlow, James Duane, Peter Goelet,
Grove Bend, Charles Shaw, Christopher Smith, James
Desbrosses, Peter Van Schaick.'

Messrs. Kemp and Bache were appointed a committee
to wait upon Mr. Inglis, who was then presented to the
Board, and, in their presence, accepted the rectorship.

Charles Inglis was the third son of the Rev. Archibald
Inglis, an Irish clergyman.    He was born a.d.  1733, in

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