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Letter from Robert Carter to the Vestry of St.Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, January 13, 1727
Robert Carter writes to the Vestry of St.Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, January 13, 1727, stating that he has reviewed the credentials of the Rev. David Moxom and, believing he is a qualified priest, sends him to be minister of their parish.
Letter from Robert Carter to the Vestry of St.Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, January 13, 1727
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Williamsburgh
Jan 13th 1727
Gentlemen
The Reverend Mr. David Mossom
bearer hereof hath
shown
me Sufficient Testimonials of his admission into
priests orders and of his Qualifications to Exercise his
Ministerial function in the plantations; and being a per-
son not unknown among you I cannot provide better for
you & him, than by Sending him to supply your Vacant
parish, where I hope his Conduct, will render him agree-
able to you I am
Gentlemen
Your most Humble Servant
ROBERT CARTER
NOTES
Source copy consulted:
C. G. Chamberlayne, transcriber and editor.
The Vestry Book & Register of St. Peters Parish New Kent, & James City Counties, Virginia, 1684-1786.
(Richmond, 1937), p. 207. The manuscript from which this edition was prepared is in the Library of Virginia, Richmond. Carter's original letter was transcribed by the parish clerk into the vestry book.
[1] David Mossom (1690-1767) was born in Massachusetts and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge. He would be priest of St. Peter's Parish until his death. ( William Meade, Bishop. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia.
(Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1900.) 1:383-387; 2:460.
and John K. Nelson. A Blessed Company: Parishes, Parsons, and Parishoners in Anglican Virginia, 1690-1776.
[Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2001]. p. 316.
)
[2] C. G. Chamberlayne, the editor of the vestry book, entered a footnote for this word which reads, "This word in the MS. has been scratched through with a pen, and the word 'vestry' written above -- not through -- it. C.G.C."