__Chh - Records.___

191

Aug. 18. Lydia, of Sam^l & Sarah Thurston, bapt.

^____22. The Chh Met.

The Meeting was opend by Pray^r

Chh meet^g

The Bus’ness of y^e Meeting was de-

clard. viz. to consider Br^r Adams’ Re-

quest of Dismission & Recomendation to y^e Chh of

Hopkⁿ and his Wife’s Paper of Complaint

against him. NB. Mrs Adams was pre-

sent: but the man was not, till some while,

but a Letter

When he did come, he tarried not; but as

of his, of y^e

soon as it was known, he arose and

17 inst.

uttering a few words, of hope y^t we w^d

was read.

do justice, he hurried away out; ag^st

all Endeav^rs to detain him; & altho

it was his own Affair which we were

met upon_^.^___ This Conduct was surpriz-

_^ yet he

ing and very disorderly.

would

__Voted to go on; & not with standing

not stay.

to read M^rs Adams’s Evidences ^___

Viz. Miss Abigail Graves, M^rs Dinah

Bond, Mrs Sarah Grout, M^rs Eliz^th

Adams, & M^r John Tidd.

Voted Adjournm^t to the 23^d [---] day from y^e appt

[---] [---] [----] [--------], of Sept _^ [---] [-----] [-------]

by div. Leave).^__ Voted that, at y^e Same

_^ next, at

2 p.m. this

time that our Brother Adams is in-

place

formd of the adjourn^t _^ he be there-

_^ & re-

-with Rebuk’d for his Disorderliness

quird to

in breaking away from the Meet^g

attend,

without Leave; & in such manner

that

as to cast contempt upon y^e Chh.

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Furthermore,

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