. Three measures of meal. entirely modern, having beenerected in 1893-94. But its origin goesback two centuries and a half,—to theyear 1655 to be exact,—when DominieJohannes Polhemus began preaching inBreuckelen, Gravesend, and other places [21] a:btee /Bcasurcs ot /Real on Long Island. It is a curious circum-stance that while the English were over-coming the Dutch in all other parts ofNew Amsterdam, the Dutch were over-coming the English,—ecclesiastically atleast,—in the town of Gravesend; forthe town of Gravesend was settled undera patent granted to Lady DeborahMoody and others in the year 1
. Three measures of meal. entirely modern, having beenerected in 1893-94. But its origin goesback two centuries and a half,—to theyear 1655 to be exact,—when DominieJohannes Polhemus began preaching inBreuckelen, Gravesend, and other places [21] a:btee /Bcasurcs ot /Real on Long Island. It is a curious circum-stance that while the English were over-coming the Dutch in all other parts ofNew Amsterdam, the Dutch were over-coming the English,—ecclesiastically atleast,—in the town of Gravesend; forthe town of Gravesend was settled undera patent granted to Lady DeborahMoody and others in the year 1645. Itgave them full power to erect a townand fortifications, and to have and enjoythe free liberty of conscience accordingto the manners and customs of Holland,without molestation or disturbance fromany magistrate or magistrates, or anyother ecclesiastical minister that mightpretend jurisdiction over them; andthe liberty to constitute themselves abody politic as freemen of the provinceand town of Gravesend. [22]. XTbree Measures ot /Real Lady Deborah Moody, who was anEnglishwoman, had resided for someyears at Salem, Massachusetts, but, be-coming a convert to the views of RogerWilliams, she gave expression to herdissent from the views of the Congrega-tional Church concerning infant baptism,and thereupon was excommunicated,—which accounts for her removal, forconscience sake, into New Amsterdam,and her procurement of the patent forthe town of Gravesend. We next find her associated with theQuakers, who established the first re-ligious body in Gravesend, about theyear 1645; and she continued activewith them, honored and beloved by allwho knew her, until 1659 when shedied. The Quaker and English influencegradually diminished in the settlement [23] Zbxec /IBeasures of ^eal and ultimately asstimed a negligiblephase. But the Dutch Church whichbegan with Dominie Polhemus held onand has continually increased in wealthand influence from year to year. By what process that first
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