Viewing page 176 of 313

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

I would further state that the col'd people have been trying to raise means to build a church in which they have received ^[[insertion]] a considerable part of their [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] their principle [[/strikethrough]] subscriptions from the White people - but are not likely to be able to raise sufficient to put up a church of much size - The B. of E. have proposed (which meets with the approbation of the Col'd people) to unite the fund for building