Excerpt from A Manual of the Reformed Church in America York, and to the several individuals who have allowed him the use of the steel plates belonging to them, and for other assistance; and especially to the sons of Dr. John Ludlow, to the daughters of Dr. Gosman, and to Cap tain J. M. Wyckofi', of Millstone, for the new plates which they have kindly had engraved expressly for this work. The writer regrets that Dr. Sprague's interesting volume, which should be in the hands of all our ministry, did not sooner appear. He was only able to condense a few lines from it concerning Revs. Moses Freeligh and Jeremiah Romeyn, as this work was going through the press. He had failed to obtain any sketches of these men. NO doubt some errors will be noticed, but these are altogether inseparable from' a book of this character. It is believed, however, that they will be compar atively few. The work is given to the public, hoping that it may subserve the interests of religion, by increasing our knowledge of the progress and development of the denomination, and leading to new and enlarged plans of usefulness and liberality. P. S. - We have learned while the book was in press that the efforts for the increased endowment of the Seminary have already resulted in a gift of from James Suydam, Esq., of new-york. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.