Annals of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Island1698-1821 . oted: that a collection be made on said day, after divine service, inthe afternoon, in order to defray the expenses of his journey. May 7, 1801. Capt. Evan Malbone, of Pomfret, Connecticut,having sold one-half of pew number 79, on the south side of themiddle aisle, belonging to him, to Mr. Andrew Freebody, owner ofthe other half, for $; this record is made by desire of saidFreebody. [July 4, 1801. The use of the Church was granted for the de-livery of an oration before the Society of Cincinnati. The followingnotice of the event is
Annals of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Island1698-1821 . oted: that a collection be made on said day, after divine service, inthe afternoon, in order to defray the expenses of his journey. May 7, 1801. Capt. Evan Malbone, of Pomfret, Connecticut,having sold one-half of pew number 79, on the south side of themiddle aisle, belonging to him, to Mr. Andrew Freebody, owner ofthe other half, for $; this record is made by desire of saidFreebody. [July 4, 1801. The use of the Church was granted for the de-livery of an oration before the Society of Cincinnati. The followingnotice of the event is condensed from the Newport Mercury, of theensuing week:] 2 3° ANNALS OF TRINITY CHURCH, The procession after passing through the principal streets ofthe Town, was received at Trinity Church with the appropriatetune, Washingtons March. Rev. Mr. Patten,281 of the SecondCongregational Church, opened the exercises with prayer. Theoration, prepared at the request of the Society of the Cincinnati,was delivered by Mr. William Hunter,232 after which an ode,23a. Rev. Dr. Patten, bornat Halifax, Mass., tookhis degree at DartmouthCollege, in 1783, and,at the suggestion ofRev. Dr. Stiles, wasplaced in charge of theSecond Congregational Church, in Newport, over which he was settledin 1786. In 1833 ne retired from the church and removed to Hartford,Ct., where he died in 1839, aged 77 years. He was a Fellow of Brown ,University, which institution conferred upon him the degree of a list of his published works, see Hammetts Bibliography of New-port. son of Dr. William* Hunter, was born atNewport, in 1774, anddied here December 3, 1849. He graduated at Brown University in1791, went to England and began the study of medicine under Dr. JohnHunter, but not liking the profession, he turned to the law, and becamethe pupil of Arthur Murphy. On his return to America, at the age of21 years, he was admitted to the bar. His public career commenced in1799, when he was elected a Representative to
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